The rhetoric of the pious empire and the rhetoric of flight from the world

The rhetoric of the pious empire and the rhetoric of flight from the world: a socio-rhetorical reading of the life of Melania the Younger

by Jeon, Kyung-Mee

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This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical language and textual production of the Life of Melania the Younger written in the fifth century. In so doing, the author investigates the broader religious and socio-cultural contexts of the two forms of conflicting rhetorics …

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  • Full title :The rhetoric of the pious empire and the rhetoric of flight from the world : a socio-rhetorical reading of the life of Melania the Younger / Jeon, Kyung-mee.

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This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical language and textual production of the Life of Melania the Younger written in the fifth century. In so doing, the author investigates the broader religious and socio-cultural contexts of the two forms of conflicting rhetorics in the text, according to socio-rhetorical criticism. The tension of the dual subjectivity arising from the asceticism of the heart and the ideological and material aspects of Christian imperialism in the context of Jerusalem and Constantinople takes the reader into unexplored intellectual territory.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:copyright 2018

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Peter Lang
  • Place of Publication:Berlin
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:copyright 2018

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 vol. (203 p. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783631770399, 3631770391
  • oclc:on1196086745
  • LC Classification:BR1720.M37
  • Dewey Decimal:270.2092

Subjects

Asceticism -- Early church Asceticism -- History -- Early church, … Ascétisme -- Christianisme -- 30-600 (É… Ascétisme -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Égl… Biographies Church history -- Primitive and early c… Church history -- Primitive and early c… Église -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Église… Femmes dans le christianisme -- Histoir… History Melania,, the Younger, Saint Mélanie, (sainte Thèses et écrits académiques Vie de sainte Mélanie Women in Christianity -- Early church Women in Christianity -- History -- Ear…

Writers

Jeon, Kyung-Mee

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