Search for dissertations about: "Studies on Juvencus Language and Style"

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2. 1. Studies on Juvencus' Language and Style

   Author : Andreas Thor; Gerd Haverling; David Langslow; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Juvencus; biblical epic; poetic language; archaisms; Early Latin; Late Latin; prosaic language; biblical language; variation; Virgil; Latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the language and style used in the poem Evangeliorum Libri Quattuor by the fourth-century Christian poet Juvencus. The poem, a rendering of the biblical story of Jesus in dactylic poetry, initiated a literary genre, which is referred to as biblical epic. READ MORE