The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature

Name: The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Histories of Latin literature have often treated the period from the second to the seventh centuries as an epilogue to the main action - and yet the period includes such towering figures as Apuleius, Claudian, Prudentius, Augustine, Jerome, Boethius, and Isidore. The Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature, with fifty chapters by forty-one scholars, is the first book to treat the immensely diverse literature of these six centuries together in such generous detail. The book shows authors responding to momentous changes, and sometimes shaping or resisting them: the rise of Christianity, the introduction of the codex book, and the end of the western Roman Empire. The contributors' accounts of late antique Latin literature do not shy away from controversy, but are always clear, succinct, and authoritative. Students and scholars wanting to explore unfamiliar areas of Late Antiquity will find their starting point here.

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Number of Pages:: 890
Release Date:: 2025-12-31
Publication Date:: 2025-12-10
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1108476376
ISBN13:: 9781108476379
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Weight:: 1414 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 52 cm

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