Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages : Transcultural Perspectives /

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In the Middle Ages, the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions, many of them derived from the ancient Greek Alexander Romance, it was told and re-told throughout Europe, India, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The essays collected in 'Alexander...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Stock, Markus (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North York : University of Toronto Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Influence > Cross-cultural studies.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > In literature > Cross-cultural studies.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Romances > History and criticism > Cross-cultural studies.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ART > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Cross-cultural studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The medieval Alexander : transcultural ambivalences / Markus Stock
  • East and West, cosmopolitan and imperial in the Roman Alexander / Thomas Hahn
  • Meanings of nationality in the medieval Alexander tradition / Emily Reiner
  • Facing the land of darkness : Alexander, Islam, and the quest for the secrets of God / Christine Chism
  • Diaspora as empire in the Hebrew Deeds of Alexander (Ma'aseh Alexandros) / Ruth Nisse
  • Hebrew Alexander romance and astrological questions : Alexander, Aristotle, and the medieval Jewish audience / Shamma Boyarin
  • The Alexander Romance in Southeast Asia : wonder, Islam, and knowledge of the world / Su Fang Ng
  • Re-writing the episode of Alexander and Candace in medieval Persian literature : patterns, sources, and motif transformation / Julia Rubanovich
  • Coptic miniature painting in the Arabic Alexander Romance / Faustina Doufikar-Aerts
  • Poet, protagonist, and the epic Alexander in Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis / Sylvia A. Parsons
  • Instrumentum dei, exemplum vanitatis, speculum principis. Interpretations of Alexander in medieval German literature : a survey / Klaus Grubmüller
  • Science and learning in the Middle Ages : Le roman d'Alexandre en prose
  • a study of Ms Stockholm, Royal Library Vu 20 / Maud Perez-Simon
  • The visual image of Alexander the Great : transformations from the Middle Ages to the early modern period / Thomas Noll.

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