The fall of cities in the Mediterranean : commemoration in literature, folk-aong, and liturgy /

A body of theory has developed about the role and function of memory in creating and maintaining cultural identity. Yet there has been no consideration of the rich Mediterranean and Near Eastern traditions of laments for fallen cities in commemorating or resolving communal trauma. This volume offers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bachvarova, Mary R. (Editor ), Dutsch, Dorota (Editor ), Suter, Ann (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Laments > Mediterranean Region > History and criticism.
Ruins in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Ruines dans la littérature.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Cities and towns in literature
Laments
Ruins in literature
Klaagliederen.
Steden.
Herinneringen.
Mediterranean Region
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Margaret Alexiou
  • Introduction / Ann Suter
  • The city lament genre in the ancient Near East / John Jacobs
  • The destroyed city in ancient "world history" : from Agade to Troy / Mary R. Bachvarova
  • Mourning a city "empty of men" : stereotypes of Anatolian communal lament in Aeschylus' Persians / Mary R. Bachvarova and Dorota Dutsch
  • Seven against Thebes, city laments, and Athenian history / Geoffrey Bakewell
  • Lament for fallen cities in early Roman drama : Naevius, Ennius, and Plautus / Seth A. Jeppesen
  • City lament in Augustan epic : antitypes of Rome from Troy to Alba Longa / Alison Keith
  • The fall of Troy in Seneca's Troades / Jo-Ann Shelton
  • How to lament an Eternal City : the ambiguous fall of Rome / Catherine Conybeare
  • Messengers, angels, and laments for the fall of Constantinople / Andromache Karanika
  • A sudden longing : lamenting the lost city of Smyrna / Gail Holst-Warhaft.

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