ABSTRACT

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.

part |2 pages

Part 1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |22 pages

BACKGROUND TO THE TEXTS

part |2 pages

Part 2 TRANSLATIONS

chapter |7 pages

LACTANTIUS

chapter |5 pages

JUVENCUS

chapter |3 pages

PROBA

chapter |3 pages

DAMASUS

chapter |6 pages

AMBROSE

chapter |6 pages

AUGUSTINE

chapter |13 pages

PAULINUS OF NOLA

chapter |6 pages

ENDELECHIUS

chapter |23 pages

PRUDENTIUS

chapter |6 pages

CYPRIAN THE POET

chapter |8 pages

SEDULIUS

chapter |5 pages

PROSPER OF AQUITAINE

chapter |9 pages

CLAUDIUS MARIUS VICTORIUS

chapter |9 pages

PAULINUS OF PELLA

chapter |4 pages

DE LIGNO CRUCIS

chapter |3 pages

ORIENTIUS

chapter |6 pages

DRACONTIUS

chapter |10 pages

AVITUS

chapter |5 pages

ARATOR

chapter |5 pages

VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS

chapter |3 pages

GLOSSARY OF METRICAL TERMS

chapter |11 pages

NOTES

chapter |4 pages

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