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A companion to Byzantine epistolography /
"A Companion to Byzantine Epistolography introduces and contextualizes the culture of Byzantine letter writing from various socio-historical, material and literary angles. While this culture was long regarded as an ivory-tower pastime of intellectual elites, the eighteen essays in this volume,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Brill's companions to the Byzantine world ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "A Companion to Byzantine Epistolography introduces and contextualizes the culture of Byzantine letter writing from various socio-historical, material and literary angles. While this culture was long regarded as an ivory-tower pastime of intellectual elites, the eighteen essays in this volume, authored by leading experts in the field, show that epistolography had a vital presence in many areas of Byzantine society, literature and art. The chapters offer discussions of different types of letters and intersections with non-epistolary genres, their social functions as media of communication and performance, their representations in visual and narrative genres, and their uses in modern scholarship. The volume thus contributes to a more nuanced understanding of letter writing in the Byzantine Empire and beyond"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 529 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 900442461X 9789004424616 |
| ISSN: | 22127429 ; |