{"product_id":"sidonius-letters-book-5-part-1-text-translation-and-commentary-9781399510776","title":"Sidonius: Letters Book 5, Part 1: Text, Translation and Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis volume offers a comprehensive and innovative study of Sidonius' fifth book of letters, providing a critical edition, English translation, and philological and historical commentary. It explores literary themes, models, prosopography, dating problems, and prose rhythm, and addresses historical questions relevant to Sidonius' position at the center of the Romano-Gallic aristocracy. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudies the first half of Sidonius' fifth book of letters from a philological, literary, and historical perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides the first commentary on Book 5 of Apollinaris' Letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a newly edited Latin text and a new English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributes to an overall understanding of Sidonius' literary output as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a comprehensive and innovative study of key historical data, especially prosopography and dating of the letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSidonius stands at a crossroads between the last days of the Roman Empire in the Auvergne and Provence and the emergence of Burgundians and Visigoths as territorial powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn aristocrat, politician, author, and bishop, he was involved in and bore witness to this takeover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis literary prose is characterized by a floweriness that at times makes his letters ambiguous and ostentatiously obscure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume provides readers with a tool to understand this convoluted prose, enabling them to see the troubled political waters of the fifth century through the eyes of Sidonius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book contains a new critical edition of the first ten letters of Book 5 of Sidonius' Epistulae, together with an accessible English translation and a philological and historical commentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt provides a general introduction to the book as a whole and a detailed exploration of the letters that covers literary themes, models, prosopography, dating problems, and prose rhythm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking an interdisciplinary approach, it addresses historical questions relevant to the specific letters and to Sidonius' position at the centre of the Romano-Gallic aristocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399510776\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giulia Marolla","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44276699857146,"sku":"9781399510776","price":107.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1686321882635_book.jpg?v=1686566765","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/sidonius-letters-book-5-part-1-text-translation-and-commentary-9781399510776","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}