TY - BOOK ID - 3435724 TI - A commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda : rhetoric in practice PY - 2013 VL - 20 SN - 9789004228221 9789004251281 PB - Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Dead KW - -276 =71 AUGUSTINUS:234 KW - Burial KW - -Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - -Funerals KW - Mortuary ceremonies KW - Obsequies KW - Manners and customs KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Cremation KW - Mourning customs KW - Burial customs KW - Burying-grounds KW - Graves KW - Interment KW - Archaeology KW - Public health KW - Coffins KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Grave digging KW - Cadavers KW - Corpses KW - Deceased KW - Human remains KW - Remains, Human KW - Death KW - Corpse removals KW - Death notices KW - Embalming KW - Obituaries KW - Religious aspects KW - -Christianity KW - -Early works to 1800. KW - Latijnse patrologie-:-Soteriologie. Heilsleer. Genade. Geloof--AUGUSTINUS KW - Early works to 1800. KW - Augustine, KW - -Religious aspects KW - 276 =71 AUGUSTINUS:234 KW - Funerals KW - Cryomation KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Christianity&delete& KW - Christianity KW - Mort KW - Inhumation. KW - Rites et cérémonies funéraires. KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3435724 AB - In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the argument and a detailed philological commentary, this study shows that Augustine’s text forms a well-composed unity. The study is based on discourse-linguistic and narratological concepts as well as an analysis of the global structure of the narratives. Relying on this combined approach Rose demonstrates how Augustine explores the full breadth of his narrative material in the service of his argument. In addition, this book situates Augustine’s text in its cultural-historical context. ER -