Early Christian writers in the West and the classical literary tradition: stylistic and literary perspectives

Preview [Authors and titles are listed at the end of the review.]   In the footsteps of Michael Roberts’s The Jeweled Style (1989)—a seminal and almost comprehensive description of the literary aesthetics of late antique poetry—the volume at hand aspires to a comparable undertaking for prose writings. This aim, although it is not stated explicitly, … Continue reading Early Christian writers in the West and the classical literary tradition: stylistic and literary perspectives