St. Jerome as a satirist
Subtitle: a study in Christian Latin thought and letters
By: by David S. Wiesen.
Series: Cornell studies in classical philology,; v. 34; Cornell studies in classical philology ;; v. 34.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20; Satire, Latin -- History and criticism
Description: "This book illuminates important aspects of the intellectual history of the late fourth century, centering in satire and involving the major social and moral questions which were agitating the best minds of the time. The focal point of the author's investigation is a Christian writer's transformation of a pagan literary genre into a suitable vehicle for Christian propaganda. Amond the writers of his day, St. Jerome was uniquely suited by learning and temperament to combine the inherited body of pagan satire with a new vigorous Christian spirit into a literary attack on the vices of society -- and of personal enemies." [Book jacket].
Notes: Bibliography: p. 273-284.