The shadows of poetry : Vergil in the mind of Augustine / Sabine MacCormack.

Author: MacCormack, Sabine.

Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.

Descriptionxx, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Earlier versions of three chapters were presented as a Christian Gauss Seminar in Criticism, Princeton University, winter of 1994.

Note:I. "Their Renowned Poet" -- II. "The Scent of a Rose": Language and Grammar between Pagans and Christians -- III. "The Tears Run Down in Vain": Emotions, Soul, and Body -- IV. "Gods of Our Homeland": The Nature of True and False Worship -- V. "The High Walls of Rome": The City on Earth and the Heavenly City.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and indexes.

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