Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Translations -- Lactantius -- The Phoenix -- Juvencus -- Poem on the Gospels: 1.224-254; 4.428-477 -- Proba -- Cento: 580-599 -- Damasus -- Epigram 12; Epigram 37 -- Ambrose -- Hymns: Splendor paternae gloriae, Intende qui regis Israel, Agnes beatae virginis -- Augustine -- Psalm against the Donatists: 1-27, 170-194, 259-288 -- Paulinus of Nola -- Poem 11; Poem 23.1-44, Poem 20.28-61 and 312-387, Poem 31.1-46, 199-274 -- Endelechius -- Eclogue -- Prudentius -- Hamartigenia: 298-353, Cathemerinon 9; Psychomachia: 454-632, Peristephanon 3 -- Cyprian the Poet -- Genesis: 25-133 -- Sedulius -- Carmen Paschale: 1.136-159, 5.20-68 and 164-244 -- Prosper of Aquitaine -- Epigram 52; Epigram 77; Carmen de Ingratis: 945-997 -- Claudius Marius Victorius -- Alethia: 1.398-547, 2.13-34 -- Paulinus of Pella -- Eucharisticos: 22-245 -- De Ligno Crucis -- The Tree of the Cross -- Orientius -- Commonitorium: 2.51-92 -- Dracontius -- De Laudibus Dei: 1.562-695 -- Avitus -- De Spiritalis Historiae Gestis: 1.144-250, 2.35-116; A work of consolation to his sister Fuscina: 163-204 -- Arator -- Historia Apostolica: 1.1007-1076 -- Venantius Fortunatus -- Poem 2.1; Poem 9.2.1-10, 53-87, 107-130.

"This is the first substantial overview of the Golden Age of Christian Latin poetry, from the fourth to sixth centuries." "Carolinne White's study sets the works in their literary and historical context, and shows how these poets were motivated by a desire to convey the truth of the Christian message. Questions of form and content, continuity with classical culture, theological issues and contemporary heresies are all explored, prior to clear, sensitive translations of over thirty poems and excerpts, many of which have never before been translated into English."--Jacket.

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