Michael Psellos : rhetoric and authorship in Byzantium /
"This book explores Michael Psellos' place in the history of Greek rhetoric and self-representation and his impact on the development of Byzantine literature. Avoiding the modern dilemma that vacillates between Psellos the pompous rhetorician and Psellos the ingenious thinker, Professor Pa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The philosopher's rhetoric
- The rhetor as creator: Psellos on Gregory of Nazianzos
- The return of the poet: mimesis and the aesthetics of variation
- Aesthetic charm and urbane ethos
- The statue's smile: discourses of Hellenism
- Female voice: gender and emotion
- Conclusion: from rhetoric to literature
- Appendix: books and readers in the reception of Psellos.