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Four Byzantine Novels: Agapetus - Theodore Prodromos; Rhodanthe and Dosikles - Eumathios Makrembolites; Hysmine and Hysminias - Constantine Manasses; ... (Translated Texts for Byzantinists LUP)
Elizabeth Jeffreys
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Paperback. English translations of four mid twelfth-century novels from Constantinople, with notes and commentary. Series: Translated Texts for Byzantinists. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Constantinople in the mid-twelfth century saw the composition of the first sustained fictional narratives in the European world - novels - since late antiquity. Four members of the Byzantine intelligentsia produced for the entertainment of their colleagues, their aristocratic patrons, and not least themselves, pastiches in verse and prose of the romantic tales of Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. These novels are perhaps the most attractive, as well as the most unexpected, literary products of the Byzantine millennium. More than one of the four novels translated here was well known in Renaissance Europe, but all have been largely neglected by later ... Read more
Constantinople in the mid-twelfth century saw the composition of the first sustained fictional narratives in the European world - novels - since late antiquity. Four members of the Byzantine intelligentsia produced for the entertainment of their colleagues, their aristocratic patrons, and not least themselves, pastiches in verse and prose of the romantic tales of Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. These novels are perhaps the most attractive, as well as the most unexpected, literary products of the Byzantine millennium. More than one of the four novels translated here was well known in Renaissance Europe, but all have been largely neglected by later ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Translated Texts for Byzantinists
Condition
New
Weight
657g
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380079
SKU
V9781781380079
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About Elizabeth Jeffreys
Professor Elizabeth Jeffreys is Emeritus Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Oxford.
Reviews for Four Byzantine Novels: Agapetus - Theodore Prodromos; Rhodanthe and Dosikles - Eumathios Makrembolites; Hysmine and Hysminias - Constantine Manasses; ... (Translated Texts for Byzantinists LUP)
'Elizabeth Jeffreys has succeeded admirably in presenting accurate and readable translations. The translations will certainly be of great service to the study of fiction in Byzantium, while also acquainting a wider audience of scholars and students with these novels.' Years Work in English Studies 'This beautifully edited volume does important work in filling in some of the ... Read more