Landscapes of the body in Prudentius Cathemerinon VII

dc.contributor.author	Clarke, J.
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.description.abstract	In his Hymn of Fasting, Cathemerinon VII, Prudentius is expounding and justifying a concept relatively unfamiliar to his audience. This article shows how he makes metaphorical use of landscape to do this, employing landscapes as external reflections of the healthiness or sickness of the soul and the state of the body. In his narration of the stories of five biblical figures who are associated with fasting, Prudentius shows how fasting detaches soul from body which then becomes part of the territory which is to be conquered; reduced to a dry and barren desert, it is miraculously revived by moisture which is produced by suffering or comes from God.
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Jacqueline R. Clarke
dc.identifier.citation	Vigiliae Christianae: a review of early Christian life and languages, 2012; 66(4):379-397
dc.identifier.doi	10.1163/157007212X613393
dc.identifier.issn	0042-6032
dc.identifier.issn	1570-0720
dc.identifier.orcid	Clarke, J. [0000-0003-4023-607X]
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2440/74942
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
dc.rights	© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2012
dc.source.uri	https://doi.org/10.1163/157007212x613393
dc.subject	Prudentius
dc.subject	fasting
dc.subject	landscape
dc.subject	body concepts
dc.title	Landscapes of the body in Prudentius Cathemerinon VII
dc.type	Journal article
pubs.publication-status	Published

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