Anna Komnene and Her Times (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gouma-Peterson, Thalia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134829576
• Artikelnr.: 41008633

Autorenporträt

Thalia Gouma-Peterson , is Professor of Art Histroy and Museum Director at the College of Wooster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction: Why Anna Komnene?
Angeliki Laiou; Chapter 1 The Pen of the Aunt: Echoes of the Mid-Twelfth Century in the Alexiad
Paul Magdalino; Chapter 2 Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Anna Komnene's Attempted Usurpation
Barbara Hill; Chapter 3 The Pen and the Sword: Who Wrote the Alexiad?
Ruth Macrides; Chapter 4 Women's Literature in Byzantium?-The Case of Anna Komnene
Diether R. Reinsch
Thomas Dunlap; Chapter 5 Gender and Power: Passages to the Maternal in Anna Komnene's Alexiad
Thalia Gouma-Peterson; Chapter 6 Anna Komnene
Learned Women
and the Book in Byzantine Art
Jeffrey C. Anderson; Chapter 7 Bohemond and the Rooster: Byzantines
Normans
and the Artful Ruse
Emily Albu; Chapter 8 Why Is the Alexiad a Masterpiece of Byzantine Literature?
Jakov Ljubarskij;

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Preface; Introduction: Why Anna Komnene?, Angeliki Laiou; Chapter 1 The Pen of the Aunt: Echoes of the Mid-Twelfth Century in the Alexiad, Paul Magdalino; Chapter 2 Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Anna Komnene's Attempted Usurpation, Barbara Hill; Chapter 3 The Pen and the Sword: Who Wrote the Alexiad?, Ruth Macrides; Chapter 4 Women's Literature in Byzantium?-The Case of Anna Komnene, Diether R. Reinsch, Thomas Dunlap; Chapter 5 Gender and Power: Passages to the Maternal in Anna Komnene's Alexiad, Thalia Gouma-Peterson; Chapter 6 Anna Komnene, Learned Women, and the Book in Byzantine Art, Jeffrey C. Anderson; Chapter 7 Bohemond and the Rooster: Byzantines, Normans, and the Artful Ruse, Emily Albu; Chapter 8 Why Is the Alexiad a Masterpiece of Byzantine Literature?, Jakov Ljubarskij;