TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rose,Paula Johanna
TI  - A commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda: rhetoric in practice 
T2  - Amsterdam studies in classical philology
SN  - 9789004251281
AV  - BT826 .R67 2013
U1  - 236/.1 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Augustine,
KW  - Dead
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Burial
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter; Paula J. Rose --; Epistolary Friendship; Paula J. Rose --; Death, Burial and the Hereafter in Augustine’s Works; Paula J. Rose --; The Structure of De cura pro mortuis gerenda; Paula J. Rose --; What Is the Usefulness of Burial ad sanctos?; Paula J. Rose --; Worst-Case Scenario: No Burial at All; Paula J. Rose --; Burial ad sanctos: Interaction between Place and Prayer; Paula J. Rose --; Attachment to the Body versus Care for the Soul; Paula J. Rose --; What about a Request for Burial in a Dream?; Paula J. Rose --; Augustinus Narrator: Dreaming of the Deceased; Paula J. Rose --; Present Angels, Absent Deceased; Paula J. Rose --; Asking an Expert: John of Lycopolis; Paula J. Rose --; Burial ad sanctos: An Incentive for Recommending the Deceased; Paula J. Rose --; Bibliography; Paula J. Rose --; Indexes; Paula J. Rose; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the argument and a detailed philological commentary, this study shows that Augustine’s text forms a well-composed unity. The study is based on discourse-linguistic and narratological concepts as well as an analysis of the global structure of the narratives. Relying on this combined approach Rose demonstrates how Augustine explores the full breadth of his narrative material in the service of his argument. In addition, this book situates Augustine’s text in its cultural-historical context
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004251281
ER  -