Truthfulness, realism, historicity a study in late antique spiritual literature /
The subject of this book is a wide range of spiritual narrative texts from the third to the sixth centuries A.D.: pagan philosophical biographies, Greek and Latin Christian saints' lives, and autobiographical works by authors such as Julian and Augustine. Unlike traditional readings which seek...
| Основен автор: | Turner, Peter, 1977- |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
℗♭2012.
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Print version::
Truthfulness, realism, historicity. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction Boethius in Exile; Part I; 1 Hagiography
- A Truth-telling Genre?; Part II; 3 In Search of the First Person; 4 A Late Antique Spiritual Lifestyle?; Conclusion Sanctity between Belief and Self-Doubt; Bibliography; Index.