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The shadows of poetry: Vergil in the mind of Augustine

Sabine MacCormack
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page xiii)
  • Preface (page xv)
  • I. "Their Renowned Poet" (page 1)
  • II. "The Scent of a Rose": Language and Grammar between Pagans and Christians (page 45)
  • III. "The Tears Run Down in Vain": Emotions, Soul, and Body (page 89)
  • IV. "Gods of Our Homeland": The Nature of True and False Worship (page 132)
  • V. "The High Walls of Rome": The City on Earth and the Heavenly City (page 175)
  • Epilogue (page 225)
  • Select bibliography (page 233)
  • Index of Ancient and Late Antique Texts (page 251)
  • General Index (page 255)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
VC 53.3 (Aug. 1999): 326-328 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1584599
SP 76.1 (Jan. 2001): 192-194 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2903749
CH 68.2 (Jun. 1999): 427-429 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3170871
CR 50.1 (2000): 91-93 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3065317
JR 80.4 (Oct. 2000): 724-725 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1206396
JECS 7.2 ( Summer 1999): 331-332 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_early_christian_studies/v007/7.2br_maccormack.html
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Published: c1998
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520920279 (ebook)
  • 9780520211872 (hardcover)
Series
  • Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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