Nonnus' Paraphrase Between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology: Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century - Couverture rigide

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Ypsilanti, Maria; Franco, Laura

 
9789004373419: Nonnus' Paraphrase Between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology: Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century
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ISBN 10 : 9004373411 ISBN 13 : 9789004373419
Editeur : Brill, 2020

Synopsis

This book offers an analysis of the paraphrastic techniques which Nonnus employs for rendering St. John’s Gospel in Homerising verse. The study examines the poem’s dependence on ancient rhetorical theory, its aesthetics and its dialogue with theology

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À propos de l?auteur

Maria Ypsilanti holds a PhD from University College London and is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the University of Cyprus. Her publications include the monographs The Epigrams of Crinagoras of Mytilene (Oxford University Press 2018) and Τριφιοδώρου Ἰλίου Ἅλωσις (Ἀθήνα, Στιγμή 2019) and many articles. Laura Franco holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London and is Research Assistant at the Hellenic Institute of the same college. She has published several articles on Symeon Metaphrastes and on female Byzantine saints and stylite saints. Her publications include Vita di Costantino (Italian translation, Milan 2009) and Cinque sante bizantine. Storie di travestite, cortigiane, imperatrici (Milan 2017).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004373411
ISBN 13 
9789004373419
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
329
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