The Easter Song: Being the First Epic of Christendom (1922)

The Easter Song: Being the First Epic of Christendom (1922)
Author: Sedulius
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2008-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781436521413

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Gospel as Epic in Late Antiquity

The Gospel as Epic in Late Antiquity
Author: Carl P.E. Springer
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004312722

Preliminary material -- PROLEGOMENA -- TEXT AND CONTEXT -- TRADITION AND DESIGN -- EPIC AND EVANGEL -- STRUCTURE AND MEANING -- SOUND AND SENSE -- POPULARITY AND INFLUENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PASSAGES -- GENERAL INDEX.

The Easter Song

The Easter Song
Author: Sedulius
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1922
Genre: Christian literature, Early
ISBN:

Sedulius, The Paschal Song and Hymns

Sedulius, The Paschal Song and Hymns
Author:
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2013-06-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1589837444

This is the first complete English translation of the poetic works of Sedulius, a Christian Latin poet of late antiquity whose biblical epic and hymns were enormously popular during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The introduction places the poet and his works into his historical and literary contexts, followed by the Latin text of Sedulius’s poetic works with English translation on facing pages. Notes on linguistic and historical matters are designed to help the reader with little or no Latin and only some familiarity with Sedulius’s classical and biblical sources. Appendices supply texts and translations of incidental related materials, including Sedulius’s dedicatory letters; biographical notices, subscriptions, and laudatory poems associated with Sedulius’s works in the manuscript tradition; and representative excerpts from Sedulius’s own prose paraphrase of the Paschale Carmen. The volume includes a bibliography and index.

A Companion to Ancient Epic

A Companion to Ancient Epic
Author: John Miles Foley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2008-11-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1405188383

A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions Considers the interrelation between these different traditions Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events

Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England

Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Patrick McBrine
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0802098533

Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England provides an accessible introduction to biblical epic poetry.

The Easter Song; Being the First Epic of Christendom

The Easter Song; Being the First Epic of Christendom
Author: Sedulius Century
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781313495509

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Latin Epics of the New Testament

Latin Epics of the New Testament
Author: Roger P. H. Green
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2006-11-23
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 019151585X

Latin Epics of the New Testament is about the growth of Christianity, and in particular the challenge of engaging with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. In this culture epics like those of Vergil and Lucan were highly valued for their language, their 'heroic' themes, and their Rome-centred ideologies. Roger Green examines each of these epics in detail, showing how the three authors Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator repackage the New Testament as epic, and try to make a bridge between two very different cultures. He explores the fascinating questions of how these authors exploit epic themes such as gods, heroes, war, and fate, without playing down the very real theological concerns of their times. All these poets were popular in the Middle Ages and later, and are the pioneers of poetry that leads to Renaissance epic and the famous poems of John Milton.