Early Christian Latin Poets

Christian Latin poetry from the fourth to sixth centuries was hugely influential on English and French medieval literature. In this, the first substantial overview of this poetry, Carolinne White sets the works in their literary and historical context, including translations of over thirty poems and excerpts, many never translated into English before.

Author: Carolinne White
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/21/2000
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.72w x 0.39d
ISBN13: 9780415187831
ISBN10: 0415187834
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
- Poetry | Medieval

About the Author

Carolinne White is a tutor in medieval Latin, and a lexicographer on the Medieval Latin Dictionary at the University of Oxford. Her previous publications include Early Christian Lives (1998).

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