Theology And Poetry In Early Byzantium: The Kontakia Of Romanos The Melodist - 9781316505618

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological themes in these kontakia. Through rhetorical techniques like dialogue, metaphor and vivid description, biblical stories and theological concepts are performed, adapted and vivified.

• | By (Author): Sarah (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne) Gador-Whyte
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 247 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1316505618
• | ISBN-13: 9781316505618