Author : Emory Bair Lease
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333921613
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (216 download)
Book Synopsis A Syntactic, Stylistic and Metrical Study of Prudentius by : Emory Bair Lease
Download or read book A Syntactic, Stylistic and Metrical Study of Prudentius written by Emory Bair Lease and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Syntactic, Stylistic and Metrical Study of Prudentius: A Thesis Presented to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The object of the present work is twofold first, a study oft syntactical and metrical usage of Prudentius, and, to a cert extent, of his style, together with a brief introduction on the For and secondly, a comparison of the latinity of that author with latinity of Juvencus, an author of the same country and of same century; to ascertain wherein they are alike and in w they differ, and to determine in this way the relation of Prudent to his predecessor, aiming throughout to throw some light up the latinity of the age. In order to facilitate such a comparis the investigation has been pursued on parallel lines to th followed by Hatfield in his study of Juvencus, a plan based the most part upon Draeger's Syntax und Stil des Tacitus Comparisons are also made at different points with the usage Vergil, more particularly in iii, 112, 113, 118, 119, I41, I 143; and with the usage of Horace in i45, I46. Parallel p sages in other authors have also been added by way of illust tion. Chie y through the assistance of the valuable indices of volumes in the Vienna Corpus Script. Eccl. Lat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."