ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PSYCHOMACHIA
From Late Latin psӯchomachia, title of a poem by Prudentius (about 400), from Greek psukhē spirit + makhē battle.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOMACHIA»
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Early Medieval Glosses On Prudentius'
Psychomachia: The ...
This book elucidates the significance of glosses on Prudentius' "Psychomachia" in the German or Weitz manuscript tradition.
Psychomachia is an act of confession and penance. Jump in and discover the story of a twenty-something fundamentalist preacher with delusions of grandeur--a real misfit searching for a place to call home.
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The Spenser Encyclopedia
psychomachia Ruth Leila Anderson 1927 Elizabethan Psychology and
Shakespeare's Plays (Iowa City); John Peter Anton 1957 Aristotle's Theory of
Contrariety (New York) ch 7; H. Baker 1952, chs 13-19; Bamborough 1952;
Berger 1957, ...
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Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary
PSYCHOMACHIA. During the Renaissance a conflict such as that between the
soul and the body or the conflict of good and evil was known as psychomachia.
Psychomachia was also a long allegorical poem by the fourth-century Spanish ...
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The Poetics of Personification
As the first major work in the history of Western personification literature, the
Psychomachia of Prudentius has had a paradoxical status. In the modern critical
arena, it is recognized as the most influential source for later medieval allegories
that ...
75-6 Apta - tegant] Cf Prudentius Psychomachia 126-7, of Prudence's armour. 76
ferrea texta] Lucretius 6.1054 77 iacientis ab imbre] Cf Prudentius Psychomachia
129 and 133-4. 77-8 fatiscant Aera] Virgil Aeneid 9.809 79-80 Scutum ...
Desiderius Erasmus, Harry Vredeveld,
1993
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Heroism in the Harry Potter Series
This collection examines the ways fictional heroism in the twenty-first century challenges the idealized forms of a somewhat simplistic masculinity associated with genres like the epic, romance and classic adventure story.
Dr Katrin Berndt, Dr Lena Steveker,
2013
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The Fall of the Roman Household
It is not necessary here to describe the Psychomachia in detail, but a brief
discussion will be useful, since the poem serves as a point of reference for later
literature on the vices and virtues, including Ad Gregoriam. The poem opens with
an ...
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The Roman Self in Late Antiquity: Prudentius and the Poetics ...
Two noteworthy cases are Psychomachia 21, Prima petit campum dubia subsorte
duelli (“[Faith], with an uncertain fortune, seeks the field of battle first”), and
Psychomachia 27, provocat insanifragendapericula belli (“[Faith] challenges the
...
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Psychomachia; the War of the Soul: Or, the Battle of the ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOMACHIA»
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Wave Productions to Present WALLOP This Fall
... Cissel (Wave Productions); TWO-MAN KIDNAPPING RULE by Joseph Gallo (New Ohio Theatre); PSYCHOMACHIA by Jennifer Lane (Artistic New Directions); ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
Vinha das Virtudes: o bom será inimigo do óptimo?
O nome da sua vinha, das Virtudes, é inspirado no poema épico “Psychomachia”, escrito pelo poeta romano Prudêncio (348-410), que fala sobre a batalha das ... «iOnline, Jul 15»
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The “angel/devil on my shoulder” trope has been around for ages — indeed, it dates back to the early fifth century A.D. as the Psychomachia, or the Battle of the ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
Battle of the Soul
Prudentius's Psychomachia (5 th century AD) is one of the first and one of the most influential of medieval allegories. It is the source of the battle of Virtue and ... «First Things, Apr 15»
The Risk of Losing Patience
The word patience was made popular by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, a first-century poet who penned the highly controversial, “Psychomachia” which ... «Fox Business, Mar 15»
Gary K. Wolfe reviews James Morrow
But I can think of few authors who would try to cast a deeply intellectual psychomachia in the form of a wildly comic picaresque tall tale, and fewer still who could ... «Locus Online, Jan 15»
Thursday's child
It is still a psychomachia, a battle for the soul — but fought out between the bad angel of religion and the good angel of psychiatry. As I read up all this on my ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Oct 14»
Where are you on the 7 Deadly Sins map?
... Prudentius identified seven virtues in his 'Psychomachia' ('Battle for the Soul'), written in AD 410. These were ultimately were adapted by the Christian church. «Houston Chronicle, Dec 13»
'The Annotated Christmas Carol,' by Charles Dickens
In effect, Milton outwardly represents the never-ending inner struggle — the formal term is psychomachia — between reason and the appetites. In this instance ... «Washington Post, Dec 13»
Nazaré: recordista em ondas e saias
Humildade. São estas as sete virtudes, que se opõem aos sete pecados mortais, e que foram assinaladas por Prudêncio no poema épico Psychomachia. «Diário de Notícias - Lisboa, Aug 13»