The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean

Herausgeber: Bachvarova, Mary R.; Suter, Ann; Dutsch, Dorota

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intended for cultural historians and literary scholars, this volume offers new insights into the trope of the fallen city in folk-song and a variety of literary genres. The scope is expanded beyond arguing for a continuous Mediterranean tradition, allowing for the exploration of the repurposing of city lament themes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781009073219
• ISBN-10: 1009073214
• Artikelnr.: 61675941

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Margaret Alexiou; 1. Introduction Ann Suter; 2. The city lament
genre in the Ancient Near East John Jacobs; 3. The destroyed city in
ancient 'world history': from Agade to Troy Mary R. Bachvarova; 4. Mourning
a city 'empty of men': stereotypes of Anatolian communal lament in
Aeschylus' Persians Mary R. Bachvarova and Dorota Dutsch; 5. Seven Against
Thebes, city laments, and Athenian history Geoffrey Bakewell; 6. Lament for
fallen cities in Early Roman drama: Naevius, Ennius, and Plautus Seth A.
Jeppesen; 7. City lament in Augustan epic: antitypes of Rome from Troy to
Alba Longa Alison Keith; 8. The fall of Troy in Seneca's Troades Jo-Ann
Shelton; 9. How to lament an eternal city: the ambiguous fall of Rome
Catherine Conybeare; 10. Messengers, angels, and laments for the fall of
Constantinople Andromache Karanika; 11. 'A sudden longing': remembering the
lost city of Smyrna Gail Holst-Warhaft.