A commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda
Subtitle: rhetoric in practice
By: by Paula J. Rose
Series: Amsterdam studies in classical philology -- 20
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9789004228221; 9789004251281
Subjects: Burial; Early works to 1800; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Dead; Christianity
Description: This study demonstrates that Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda forms a well-composed unity of narrative and argument. It combines an analysis of the argumentative structure with a philological commentary, situating the text in its cultural-historical context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.