Contributor
McGill, Scott, 1968- editor.
ImprintHoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2018.
Descriptionxv, 681 pages ; 25 cm
Note:Part One. Late Antique Literature by Language and Tradition -- Introduction / Scott McGill and Edward J. Watts -- Greek / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson -- Latin / Ian Wood -- Syriac / John W. Watt -- Coptic / David Brakke -- Armenian/ Robin Darling Young -- Georgian / Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. -- Middle Persian (Pahlavi) / Touraj Daryace -- Languages of Arabia / Kevin T. van Bladel -- Part Two. Literary Forms -- Classicizing History and Historical Epitomes / Michael Kulikowski -- Ecclesiastical History / Peter Van Nuffelen -- Chronicles / R.W. Burgess -- Epideictic Oratory / Alex Petkas -- Panegyric / Roger Rees -- Epic Poetry / Mary Whitby and Michael Roberts -- Epigrams, Occasional Poetry, and Poetic Games / Bret Mulligan -- Christian Poetry / Laura Miguélez-Cavero and Scott McGill -- Prosimetra / Joel C. Relihan -- Philosophical Commentary / Han Baltussen -- Biblical Commentary / Marie-Pierre Bussičres -- Christian Theological Literature / Josef Lössl -- Sermons / Jaclyn Maxwell -- Travel and Pilgrimage Literature / Jan Willem Drijvers -- Biography, Autobiography, and Hagiography / Sarah Insley and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent -- Epistolography / Cristiana Sogno and Edward J. Watts -- Pseudepigraphy / Javier Martínez -- Legal Texts / Charles N. Aull -- Handbooks, Epitomes, and Florilegia / Marietta Horster and Christiane Reitz -- Grammar / Alessandro Garcea -- School Texts / Lillian I. Larsen -- Literature of Knowledge / Marco Formisano -- Inscriptions / Raymond Van Dam -- Translation / Daniel King -- Antiquarian Literature / Christopher Kelly -- Part Three. Reception -- Late Antique Literature in Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis -- The Arabic Reception of Late Antique Literature / Kevin T. Van Bladel -- Late Antique Literature in the Western Middle Ages / Joseph Pucci -- Early Modern Receptions of Late Ancient Literature / Diane Shane Fruchtman -- Edward Gibbon and Late Antique Literature / Gavin Kelly -- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Visions of Late Antique Literature / James Uden.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This volume presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The volume covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. It explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the period.
