Augustine on the Relations between the Living and the Deceased - P.J. Rose
a Discourse-Linguistic Commentary on De cura pro mortuis gerenda
KORTE INHOUD
?Paula rose has written a readable, detailed, and well-documented commentary on ?De cura pro mortuis gerenda? (DC), a letter-tract of Augustine. Paulinus of Nola, a lifelong and influential friend of Augustine with one of the largest epistolary networks in late antiquity, asked him in what way the dead may take advantage of their ?ad sanctions? burial. (?) Augustine?s reply consists of two parts. The first half of his letter (1-911) deals with the question of the relevance of a proper burial for the deceased. The second half og the epistle (10.12-18.23) is about the communication between the living and the dead by means of dreams and visions. Several scholars (like Arbesmann and Klöckener) regarded the two parts as rather loosely connected. The central thesis of Rose?s study is tat DC from a ?carefully composed unity? (p.53). She has chosen for ?a mixed literary approach?: a discourse analysis focussing on the relation between sentences within the overall structure of the text, with special attention paid to ...
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Amstelveen, 2011. 483p. Paperback. Nice copy. Diss. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: ROSE, P.J.,] [Uitgever: Private Presses] [Jaar: 2011] [Titel: Augustine on the Relations between the Living and the Deceased. A Discourse-Linguistic Commentary on De cura pro mortuis gerenda.]
