Perpetua's Passions: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis

Jan N. Bremmer (Curatore)

Marco Formisano (Curatore)

Oxford University Press, 2012

Perpetua's Passions is a collection of studies about Perpetua, a young female Christian martyr who was executed in 203 AD. Like her spiritual guide, Saturus, Perpetua left a diary, and a few years after their deaths a fellow Christian collected these writings and supplied them with an introduction and epilogue: the so-called Passion of Perpetua. The result is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic works of antiquity, which the present volume examines from a wide range of perspectives: literary, narratological, historical, religious, psychological, and philosophical viewpoints follow upon a newly edited text and English translation (by Joseph Farrell and Craig Williams). This innovative treatment by a number of distinguished scholars not only complements its unique subject, but constitutes a kind of laboratory of new approaches to ancient texts.

• Curatore: Jan N. Bremmer, Marco Formisano
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 394 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 162 mm
• Peso: 746 gr.
• EAN: 9780199561889

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