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Author: Thomas J. Heffernan (Kenneth Curry Professor of English, Kenneth Curry Professor of English, University of Tennessee)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.90cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 16.50cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780199777570
ISBN 10: 0199777578
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 28 June 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
a meticulous line-by-line commentary Peter Thonemann, Times Literary Supplement Heffernans edition combines delight with instruction and deserves all the praise and honor that it has received. Praise from the prize committee of the 2012 Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition
<br> Heffernan's comprehensive and critical treatment of the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity offers specialists and other students of early Christianity the most thorough exposition to date of the Passion's textual, rhetorical, textual, and interpretive complexity. We all owe Thomas Heffernan a debt for lending his scholarly precision and intellectual generosity to this task. Heffernan's text, translation, and commentary will most certainly be the standard edition of this text on which scholars and students will rely in future generations. <br>--Elizabeth Castelli, Professor and Chair of the Religion Department, Barnard College <br><br><p><br> This edition, translation, and comprehensive commentary will remain the definitive resource for scholars who study this influential text. Furthermore, Heffernan's elegant translation perfectly captures the voice of this early Christian woman, whose diary has captivated readers for almost 2000 years. <br>--Joyce E. Salisbury, author of Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman<br><p><br> At last here is a detailed edition and commentary that provides a close and much-needed analysis of the ancient texts in which this remarkable narrative is preserved. Heffernan's careful discussion of the historical context of Perpetua's martyrology shows how a woman of Perpetua's social class was able to write such a vivid account of her own experiences; it also explains how and why her story was preserved, and became an inspiration to Christians throughout the ancient world. <br> --Mary Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities emerita, Wellesley College <br><br><p><br>
Author Information
Thomas J. Heffernan is the Kenneth Curry Professor of the Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
