The shadows of poetry
Subtitle: Vergil in the mind of Augustine
By: Sabine MacCormack.
Series: The transformation of the classical heritage ;; 26
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo -- Literary style.; Virgil -- Influence.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo -- Books and reading.
Description: If the Latin Middle Ages can be characterized as one extended dialogue about themes derived from classical antiquity, then the encounter between Vergil (70-19 B.C.), the greatest Roman poet, and Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 356-430), teacher of rhetoric and Christian bishop, would aptly constitute the beginning of this intellectual and spiritual tradition. In The Shadows of Poetry, Sabine MacCormack skillfully captures the intellectual and religious encounter between Augustine and Vergil.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and indexes.
Earlier versions of three chapters were presented as a Christian Gauss Seminar in Criticism, Princeton University, winter of 1994.