Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth Century RomeAcademy Chicago Publishers, 1993 - 255 pagina's Initially published in The Netherlands in 1964, Haasse's ( In the Dark Wood Wandering ) pensive novel of the clash between Christian and pagan cultures in A.D. 414 is a far cry from the likes of Lloyd C. Douglas or Lew Wallace. For one thing, it's the pagan Romans following the faith of their forefathers who are persecuted in accordance with the edicts of Theodosius, while Christians exploit their new authority. There are despicable and admirable representatives of both cults; the only two truly honorable characters are an Egyptian Jew and his illegitimate half-slave grandson. After an Alexandrian education, this grandson returns to Rome, from where he had been exiled after one of the political shifts of the late Empire, to become the poet Claudian, an historical figure often considered the last classical Roman writer. His unlawful presence in Rome brings him into conflict with the Christian Prefect Hadrian. Although the real Claudian is sometimes claimed by Christians, Haasse's creation eschews established religion in favor of humanism. It is Claudian's character and his "faith" that forms the core of a book both less dogmatic and wiser than many which concern this period. -- Publisher's Weekly |
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Pagina 151
... Rome - or the non - Rome ; I don't know what to call it - takes on a dangerous formlessness ; the crowd consists no long- er of separate individuals with recognizable faces and gestures , but becomes a buzzing stream of spilled colors ...
... Rome - or the non - Rome ; I don't know what to call it - takes on a dangerous formlessness ; the crowd consists no long- er of separate individuals with recognizable faces and gestures , but becomes a buzzing stream of spilled colors ...
Pagina 152
... Rome . I could have recognized the signs if I had chosen to . The Rome that I loved , that I venerated , no longer existed , had not existed for a long time ... if indeed it had ever existed at all . Perhaps it existed only in the ...
... Rome . I could have recognized the signs if I had chosen to . The Rome that I loved , that I venerated , no longer existed , had not existed for a long time ... if indeed it had ever existed at all . Perhaps it existed only in the ...
Pagina 218
... Rome is rising now from idolatrous Rome , for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear - " " God's State on earth , but the spirit has been driven from it . What is left is the deified State . " " That sounds like heresy . In your ...
... Rome is rising now from idolatrous Rome , for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear - " " God's State on earth , but the spirit has been driven from it . What is left is the deified State . " " That sounds like heresy . In your ...
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Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome Hella S. Haasse,Anita Miller,Nini Blinstrub Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome Hella S. Haasse,Anita Miller,Nini Blinstrub Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
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