Mastrangelo, Marc,

The Roman self in late antiquity : Prudentius and the poetics of the soul / Marc Mastrangelo. - 1 online resource (272 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-249) and index.

An epic successor? : Prudentius, Aeneid 6 and Roman epic tradition -- Christian history and the narrative of Rome -- Christian theology and the making of allegory -- Pagan philosophy and the making of allegory -- Epilogue. Self, poetry, and literary history in Prudentius.

9781421402406 (e-book)


Prudentius, 348-
Virgil--Influence.


Comparative literature--Latin, Classical and post-classical.


Electronic books.

PA6648.P7 / M37 2008

871/.01