1. The Foam of Style

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Acknowledgements XV
4. Contents XIX
5. I. In the World of Make-Believe
6. Preliminary Remarks 3
7. 1. Fictionality: Theoretical Considerations 6
8. 2. Fictionality: Historical Circumstances 21
9. 3. Late Antiquity 55
10. II. Augustine: A Restless Farewell Renouncing Ficta in Late Antiquity
11. Preliminary Remarks 83
12. 1. At the Window in Ostia 86
13. 2. Recycling the Classics 123
14. 3. The Figures of the Spirit 207
15. 4. In the Heat of the Battle 263
16. 5. “Set me free, O God, from that multitude of speech” 292
17. III. Oblique Speech Implementations of Allegory in Late Roman Learned Culture
18. Preliminary Remarks 303
19. 1. Lactantius: Christian Eloquence 313
20. 2. Servius: The Grammarian’s Gaze 328
21. 3. Macrobius: Narratio fabulosa 346
22. 4. Martianus Capella: A Hopeless Mess 369
23. 5. Fulgentius: Mythographer and Mythoclast 402
24. 6. Boethius: The Maieutics of Consolation 433
25. IV. Poeta Christianus From Ficta to Facta in Early Christian Poetry
26. Preliminary Remarks 471
27. 1. The Foam of Style 477
28. 2. Paulinus and Proba: “A Greater Order” 487
29. 3. Prudentius: Dreams and Demons 518
30. 4. Biblical Epic Poetry: The Orthodoxy of Paraphrase 544
31. V. Epilogue: Ecclesia Triumphans Fiction and Figuration on the Threshold of the Middle Ages
32. Preliminary Remarks 605
33. 1. The Old Dreams 608
34. 2. The New Library 615
35. 3. The Glory of the Mirror 629
36. Appendix: Original Quotations 633
37. Bibliography 658
38. Index 691