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A Commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda

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  • Publisher: Brill
  • 15.5 x 23.9 x 3.9 cm

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In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the argument and a detailed philological commentary, this study shows that Augustine's text forms a well-composed unity. The study is based on discourse-linguistic and narratological concepts as well as an analysis of the global structure of the narratives. Relying on this combined approach Rose demonstrates how Augustine explores the full breadth of his narrative material in the service of his argument. In addition, this book situates Augustine's text in its cultural-historical context.

  • Title

    A Commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda

  • Author

    Paula Rose

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    May 2013

  • Weight

    1135g

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.9 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004228221

  • ISBN-10

    9004228225

  • Eden Code

    7276515