Christianity and the contest for manhood in late antiquity : the Cappadocian Fathers and the rhetoric of masculinity / Nathan D. Howard.

Author/creator Howard, Nathan D. author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2023]
Copyright Datecu2023
Descriptionxvii, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction. Paideia, masculinity, and identity -- "The sweat of eloquence" : epistolary Ag̐uon and second Sophistic origins -- The Ag̐uon of friendship : sensory rhetoric, aesthetics, and gift exchange -- Personifications of sacred Aret̐ue -- Ag̐uon and theological authority : hagiography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 278-315) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Howard, Nathan D. Christianity and the contest for manhood in late antiquity Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2022] 9781009090827
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021063082
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