Education, Religion, and Literary Culture in the 4th Century CE: A Study of the

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This book contextualizes Claudian's handling of the Proserpina myth and the underworld in the history of literature and religion while showing intersections with and differences between the literary and religious uses of the underworld topos. In doing so, the study provides an incentive to rethink the dichotomy of the terms "religious" and "non-religious" in favour of a more nuanced model of references and refunctionalisations of elements which are, or could be, religiously connotated. A close philological analysis of De raptu Proserpinae identifies the sphere of myth and poetry as an area of expressive freedom, a parallel universe to theological discourses (whether they be pagan-philosophical or Christian), while the profound understanding and skilful use of this particular sphere "a formative aspect of European religious and intellectual history" is postulated as a characteristic of the educated Roman and of Claudian's poetry.

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Gabriela Ryser (M.A.) is doctoral researcher at the Institute for the Study of Religion at the Philosophical Faculty of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Details ISBN3525573219 Pages 446 Year 2020 ISBN-10 3525573219 ISBN-13 9783525573211 Format Hardcover Short Title Education, Religion, and Literary Culture in the 4th Century Ce Series Beitrage Zur Europaischen Religionsgeschichte (BERG) Language English Series Number 7 Publication Date 2020-01-20 UK Release Date 2020-01-20 Imprint Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Country of Publication Germany Author Gabriela Ryser Publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Subtitle A Study of the Underworld Topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae DEWEY 873.01 Audience General We've got this

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