Converting Verse
| Author | : David Ungvary |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780197600740 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0197600743 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (743 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Converting Verse by : David Ungvary
Download or read book Converting Verse written by David Ungvary and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Converting Verse provides a fresh account of the ways Christian poets in the late Roman world-especially those in the outlying provinces of Gaul-reinvented Latin poetry's purpose and power during the turbulent fifth century, a period that witnessed barbarian incursions, the rise of monasticism, and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire itself.
