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 Poetry and Exegesis in Premodern Latin Christianity: The Encounter between Classical and Christian Strategies of Interpretation

Contents

• • Preliminary material (i-xiv)   (103K)
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    • Contents
    • Notes On Contributors
    • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction (1-8)   (69K)
  • Augustine and poetic exegesis (9-28)   (136K)
  • Quid facit cum Horatio Hieronymus? Christian latin poetry and scriptural poetics (29-48)   (163K)
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    • Jerome On Christian Latin Poetry: The Critical Debate
    • Jerome’S Horace: Vulgar Latin Poetry And The Poet Of The Vulgate
  • Time and the integrity of poetry: Ambrose and Augustine (49-62)   (110K)
  • The evangeliorum libri of Juvencus: Exegesis by stealth? (63-80)   (131K)
  • Cantatur ad delectationem: Ambrose's lyric poetry (81-98)   (137K)
  • Technological innovation and poetical exegesis: The glass lamp in Prudentius' Cathemerinon 5 (99-114)   (123K)
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    • Stanzas 1–7 Invocation/Occasion And Significance
    • Stanzas 8–26 Ot: Material Benefits
    • Stanzas 27–34 Nt: Spiritual Benefits
    • Stanzas 35–41: Occasion And Significance/Final Prayer
  • The Carmen ad uxorem and the genre of the Epithalamium (115-138)   (186K)
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    • The ‘Carmen Ad Uxorem’ And Its Structure
    • Tradition And Transformation Of The Late Antique Epithalamium
    • The Anacreontic Lines: Allusion And ‘Aemulatio’
    • The Elegiac Couplets: The Model Of Paulinus Of Nola
    • Marital ‘Concordia’
    • Conclusion
  • Principles of structure and unity in latin biblical epic (139-146)   (74K)
  • Interpreting cultural change: Semiotics and exegesis in Dracontius' de Laudibus Dei (147-172)   (190K)
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    • Didactics, Apologetics, Confession—And Semiotics: Outlines Of The De Laudibus Dei
    • Modes Of Interpretation (I)—Arrangement And Exemplarity
    • Modes Of Interpretation (II)—Abundance And Interpretatio
    • Interpreting Past As Presence—Enacting ‘Our’ History In The Ld
    • Interpreting Language: Silence And The (Im)Possibility Of Christian Poetry
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Exegesis by distorting pagan myths in Corippus' epic poetry (173-198)   (182K)
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    • Corippus In Context
    • Corippus’ Poetical Principles
    • Conclusion
  • Reflections on the meaning of the Ecloga Theoduli: Where is the authorial voice? (199-230)   (175K)
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    • Appendix
  • Epic poetry as exegesis: 'The song of the good war' (Eupolemius) (231-244)   (127K)
  • The poetics of biblical tragedy in Abelard's Planctus (245-262)   (126K)
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    • I. The Place Of The Middle Ages In The History Of Exegesis
    • II. Abelard, The Middle Ages, And The Bible
    • III. Abelard’S Planctus: Three Exegetical Visions
    • IV. Abelard’S Planctus As Integumental Exercises
  • Biblical poetry in latin liturgical texts (263-274)   (94K)
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    • Introduction
    • I. The Hymns For The Daily Hours
    • II. The Antiphons And Responses Of The Daily Hours And The Eucharist
    • III. The Sequentia
    • IV. A Survival Of The Pre-Christian Past: Addressing The Deity
    • Conclusion And Summary
  • The saint as preacher. Remarks on a rare motif in late antique and medieval poetry (275-292)   (137K)
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    • 1. Preliminary Remarks
    • 2. Sermons In Biblical Epic
    • 3. Sermons In Hagiographic Poetry
    • 4. A Medieval Counterexample: Carus Of Metz, Vita Sancti Clementis
    • 5. Conclusions
  • Poetry and suffering: Metrical paraphrases of Eucherius of Lyons' Passio Acaunensium Martyrum (293-314)   (139K)
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    • A. Introduction
    • B. General Comparison
    • C. Individual Aspects
    • D. Conclusions
    • E. Appendix
  • Biblical versifications from late antiquity to the middle of the thirteenth century: History or allegory? (315-342)   (186K)
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    • I. Definitions
    • II. Late Antiquity
    • III. The Carolingian Period
    • IV. The Eleventh Century
    • V. The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries—Handlist Of Biblical Versifications
    • VI. Conclusions
  • Index nominum (343-348)   (51K)
  • Index rerum (349-352)   (56K)
  • Index locorum (353-360)   (73K)
  • Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae (361-364)   (43K)