Michael John Roberts
Michael John Roberts (born September 16, 1947 in Eccles ) is an English classical philologist .
Life
He received his BA from Cambridge University ( St John's College ) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Before joining Wesleyan University , he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for two years . He has received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. From 1980 to 2017 he taught at Wesleyan University as the Robert Rich Professor of Latin .
His main area of research is the Latin poetry of late antiquity ( biblical epic , Prudentius , Venantius Fortunatus ).
Fonts (selection)
- Biblical Epic and Rhetorical Paraphrase in Late Antiquity . Liverpool 1985, ISBN 0-905205-24-3 .
- The jeweled style. Poetry and Poetics in Late Antiquity . Ithaca 1989, ISBN 0-8014-2265-5 .
- Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs. The Liber Peristephanon of Prudentius . Ann Arbor 1993, ISBN 0-472-10449-7 .
- The Humblest Sparrow. The Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus . Ann Arbor 2009, ISBN 0-472-11683-5 .
- Venantius Fortunatus, Poems . Cambridge 2017, ISBN 978-0-674-97492-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roberts, Michael John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roberts, Michael; Roberts, Michael J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eccles |