Studies On Byzantine Literature Of The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
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Studies on Byzantine Literature of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Author | : Alexander Kazhdan,Simon Franklin |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521105226 |
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Byzantine literature is often regarded as little more than an agglomeration of stereotyped forms and generic conventions which allows no scope for individual thought or expression. Accordingly, histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view. They attempt to show the coherence and individuality not of the genre but of author. By careful analysis of all the works of a given author, regardless of genre, these studies aim to reach behind the facade of convention, to discover not only biographical facts but also the writer's own likes and dislikes, his social views, his political sympathies and antipathies, his ethical and aesthetic standards. Most of the authors under consideration lived in the twelfth century. Several of them experienced or wrote about the same set of events; often they were acquainted with one another, or else had mutual friends. Thus each essay is both complete in itself and complementary to the others in the book; the individuality of each writer is most fully revealed in the comparison with his contemporaries and conversely the separate portraits may be combined to form a broader picture of Byzantine literary society of the time.
Studies on Byzantine Literature of the 11th and 12th Centuries
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Author | : Alexander Kazhdan |
Publsiher | : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 273510043X |
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"Byzantine literature is often regarded as little more than an agglomeration of stereotyped forms and generic conventions which allows no scope for individual thought or expression. Accordingly, histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view. They attempt to show the coherence and individuality not of the genre but of author. By careful analysis of all the works of a given author, regardless of genre, these studies aim to reach behind the facade of convention, to discover not only biographical facts but also the writer's own likes and dislikes, his social views, his political sympathies and antipathies, his ethical and aesthetic standards. Most of the authors under consideration lived in the twelfth century. Several of them experienced or wrote about the same set of events; often they were acquainted with one another, or else had mutual friends. Thus each essay is both complete in itself and complementary to the others in the book; the individuality of each writer is most fully revealed in the comparison with his contemporaries and conversely the separate portraits may be combined to form a broader picture of Byzantine literary society of the time"--Publisher description.
Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Author | : A. P. Kazhdan,Ann Wharton Epstein |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1990-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780520069626 |
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Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Law and Society in Byzantium 9th 12th Centuries
Author | : Angeliki E. Laiou,Dieter Simon |
Publsiher | : Dumbarton Oaks |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0884022226 |
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The essays in this volume investigate themes related to the place of law in Byzantine ideology and society. Was this a society which was meant to be governed by law? For answers, these essays look to the intent of the legislators; the attitudes toward the law; the relationship between law, religion, literature, and art.
Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh century Byzantium
Author | : Floris Bernard,Kristoffel Demoen |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781317079415 |
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Byzantine poetry of the eleventh century is fascinating, yet underexplored terrain. It presents a lively view on contemporary society, is often permeated with wit and elegance, and is concerned with a wide variety of subjects. Only now are we beginning to perceive the possibilities that this poetry offers for our knowledge of Byzantine culture in general, for the intellectual history of Byzantium, and for the evolution of poetry itself. It is, moreover, sometimes in the most neglected texts that the most fascinating discoveries can be made. This book, the first collaborative book-length study on the topic, takes an important step to fill this gap. It brings together specialists of the period who delve into this poetry with different but complementary objectives in mind, covering the links between art and text, linguistic evolutions, social functionality, contemporary reading attitudes, and the like. The authors aim to give the production of 11th-century verse a place in the Byzantine genre system and in the historic evolution of Byzantine poetry and metrics. As a result, this book will, to use the expression of two important poets of the period, "offer a small taste" of what can be gained from the serious study of this period.
Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Author | : A. P. Kazhdan,Ann Wharton Epstein |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1990-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0520069625 |
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Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Heroes and Romans in Twelfth Century Byzantium
Author | : Leonora Neville |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2012-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107009455 |
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This book reveals how cultural memories of classical Roman honor informed Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the eleventh century and his political choices.
People and Power in Byzantium
Author | : Aleksandr Petrovich Kazhdan,Giles Constable |
Publsiher | : Dumbarton Oaks |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0884021033 |
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