After Transformation

A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity
Book • 2025
Maia Kotrosits' 'After Transformation' offers a lyrical history of Christian late antiquity, exploring its continued relevance in the present.

The book recasts the significant changes between the second and fourth centuries, during Rome's transition from pagan to Christian worship.

Kotrosits presents a condensed meditation on the profound effects of Christian imperialism across time and geography.

Using forms ranging from micro-essays to poems, she captures human struggles with time and change.

The author reclaims vulnerability and storytelling in historical work to model new ways of writing the past.

Above all, 'After Transformation' examines the ironies of history written against the reality of lived experiences.

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Maia Kotrosits
about her book, which is described as a writing experiment as much as a history.
Maia Kotrosits, "After Transformation: Rewriting Time, Christian Late Antiquity, and the Present" (Duke UP, 2025)
Interview with
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Maia Kotrosits
about her book, which explores Christian late antiquity.
Maia Kotrosits, "After Transformation: Rewriting Time, Christian Late Antiquity, and the Present" (Duke UP, 2025)

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