Cassiodorus. - O'DONNELL, J.J.,
KORTE INHOUD
?In this exemplary study of Cassiodorus, O?Donnell offers its a biography of the man, an analysis of his writings, and a reevaluation of Cassiodorus? contributions to western culture. The search for the man emerges from the meticulous and often brilliant study of the literature. (?) O?Donnell establishes from skilful inference and ?educated guesses? an impressively persuasive account of Cassiodorus? life. Perhaps the most important result of the biographical study is the portrait of a single personality: there was no radical division, O?Donnell argues, in Cassiodorus? spiritual life between his years of political service and those of religious endeavour. (?) O?Donnell considerable gifts are perhaps most distinguished in the practice of literary criticism. In discussing the various works of Cassiodorus he has avoided the pitfall of merely summarising the contents in order to flesh out the portrait of his subject. Instead, O?Donnell persistently seeks in each work for the ?mind of Cassiodorus?, a search which b...
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Berkeley (...), 1979. XV,303p. Original black hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps a little bit edge worn. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: O'DONNELL, J.J.,] [Uitgever: University of California Press] [Jaar: 1979] [Titel: Cassiodorus.]
