David Ungvary: Converting Verse. The Poetics of Asceticism in Late Roman Gaul (reviewed by Scott G. Bruce)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
369-375
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
Converting Verse
Subtitle
The Poetics of Asceticism in Late Roman Gaul
Year of publication
2024
Place of publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Series
Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
Number of pages
XIII, 272
ISBN
978-0-19-760074-0
Subject classification
Classical Philology
Time classification
1st - 5th century AD
Regional classification
Roman Empire, France
Subject heading
Spätantike
Christliche Lyrik
Augustinus, Aurelius
Sulpicius, Severus
Sulpicius, Severus : Dialogi
Sulpicius, Severus : Tituli metrici de sancto Martino
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-ungvary.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
19d38f6fc5cb4453a7ef5936a5471345

Bruce, Scott G.: review of: David Ungvary, Converting Verse. The Poetics of Asceticism in Late Roman Gaul, New York: Oxford University Press, 2024, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 369-375

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/converting-verse-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-ungvary.pdf

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