The Alexiad of Anna Komnene : artistic strategy in the making of a myth /

"This is the first full-scale study of the literary art of Anna Komnene's Alexiad. Her history of her father's reign is well-known and much used by Byzantinists and historians of the First Crusade, but the art with which it shapes its central character has not been fully examined or u...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buckley, Penelope, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Comnena, Anna, > 1083- > Alexiad > Criticism, Textual.
Comnena, Anna, > 1083- > Writing skill.
Alexius > I Comnenus, > Emperor of the East, > 1048-1118 > In literature.
Alexius > I Comnenus, > Emperor of the East, > 1048-1118
Comnena, Anna, > 1083-
Anna > Comnena > 1083-1148 > Alexias
Alexiad (Comnena, Anna)
Emperors > Byzantine Empire > Biography > History and criticism.
Empereurs > Empire byzantin > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Biography.
Emperors > Biography.
Literature.
Historiografi.
Byzantine Empire > Biography > History and criticism.
Byzantine Empire.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The prologue
  • The Emperor Alexios, my father
  • The soldier-emperor
  • The second story begins
  • West into East
  • The second Norman war and the Crusade
  • The second Constantine and the last
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: The Alexiad as pre-Renaissance text.

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