Michael Roberts is Robert Rich Professor of Latin in the Department of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University.
Robert skillfully delineates the qualities of the 'jeweled style'
and shows that, although rhetorical ostentation was sometimes
viewed with suspicion by Christian authors, it became an enduring
part of late antique and medieval aesthetics. Roberts's discussions
of poetry and the classical tradition are clear and informative,
but it is primarily the extensive chapter on literature and the
visual arts that makes this study so worthwhile. This book should
not be overlooked by anyone interested in a readable treatment of
early Christian and medieval Latin poetry.
*Religious Studies Review*
Roberts has produced a gem of a book about Latin poetry of the
Roman dominate.... By analyzing the style of a number of the major
poets of the period, Roberts makes it clear that late Roman poetry
is just as sophisticated, in its own right, as the works of the
early principate. He argues that the literature has to be
considered against the background of the period in which it was
produced, convincingly showing that it shares much in common with
the art of the period.
*The Classical World*
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