The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between a literature and a stylistic theory. The literature is the prose literature of the Second Sophistic and the stylistic theory is the so-called idea-theory set out in the Peri Aphelous Logou. Ian Rutherford discusses…
This study applies literary and rhetorical analysis to Paul's letter to the Galatians, reading the argument through the eyes of the letter's implied reader. Positioned between prevailing rhetorical and narrative approaches to the letter, the study argues that Galatians functions…
"At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi."
"At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi."
Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi present a unique first-person narrative from the ancient world - a narrative that seems at once public and private, artful and naive. While scholars have embraced the Logoi as a rich source for Imperial-era religion, politics, and elite culture, th…
'At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi'.
"At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi."
