Days Linked by Song
Author | : Gerard O'Daly |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2012-05-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199263950 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199263957 |
Rating | : 4/5 (957 Downloads) |
Download or read book Days Linked by Song written by Gerard O'Daly and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'Daly looks at Prudentius' lyric poems, the Cathemerinon, Poems for the Day, and how they achieve a remarkable creative tension between the two worlds that determined Prudentius' culture: the beliefs and practices, sacred books, and doctrines of Christianity and the traditions, poetry, and ideas of the Greeks and Romans.