Preposterous Poetics

The Politics and Aesthetics of Form in Late Antiquity

Simon Goldhill author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Sep '20

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Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape.

How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our understanding of late antiquity and how its literary productions make a significant contribution to the cultural changes that have shaped western Europe.

'A playful book, brimming with merriment in its stories and curiosities .' Kate Cooper, The Times Literary Supplement

ISBN: 9781108494823

Dimensions: 235mm x 160mm x 25mm

Weight: 6400g

315 pages