Epistolary poetry in Byzantium and beyond : an anthology with critical essays / edited by Krystina Kubina and Alexander Riehle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kubina, Krystina, editor.

Riehle, A. (Alexander), editor.

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Epistolary poetry, Greek.

Epistolary poetry, Greek--Translations into English.

Epistolary poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Byzantine poetry.

Byzantine poetry--Translations into English.

Byzantine poetry--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Translations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 436 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Language Note:

Parallel Ancient Greek text and English translation with essays in English.

Summary:

Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for instance, to give political advice, to convey philosophical ideas, or to establish and foster ties with peers. A particular type of this genre is the letter cast in verse, or epistolary poem, which merges the form and function of the letter with stylistic elements of poetry. In Greek literature, epistolary poetry is first safely attested in the fourth century AD and would enjoy a lasting presence throughout the Byzantine and early modern periods. The present volume introduces the reader to this hitherto unexplored chapter of post-classical Greek literature through an anthology of exemplary epistolary poems in the original Greek with facing English translation. This collection, which covers a broad chronological range from late antique epigrams of the Greek Anthology to the poetry of western humanists, is accompanied by exegetical commentaries on the anthologized texts and by critical essays discussing questions of genre, literary composition, and historical and social contexts of selected epistolary poems.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Essays

1. Epigrams and Verse Letters in Palladas and Gregory of Nazianzos / Christos Simelidis

2. Epigrammata Epistulam Faciunt? Christopher of Mitylene to His Friends / Emilie van Opstall

3. Epistolarity in Twelfth-Century Byzantine Poetry: Singing Praises and Asking Favors in Absentia / Nikos Zagklas

4. Functions of Letters in Verse and Prose: A Comparison of Manuel Philes and Theodore Hyrtakenos / Krystina Kubina

5. Francesco Filelfo's Verse Letters: Form, Content, and Function / Andreas Rhoby

pt. II Anthology

Texts

Palladas (1

2) / Christos Simelidis

Gregory of Nazianzos (3

5) / Christos Simelidis

Agathias

-Paul the Silentiary (6

7) / Delphine Lauritzen

Dioskoros of Aphrodito (8) / Alexander Riehle

Theodore the Stoudite (9) / Alexander Riehle

Theodore and Theophanes Graptos

-Methodios (10) / Alexander Riehle

Anonymous of Sola (11) / Floris Bernard

John Mauropous (12) / Floris Bernard

Michael Psellos (13) / Floris Bernard

Christopher of Mitylene (14

20) / Katarzyna Warcaba

Theophylaktos of Ohrid (21

22) / Nikos Zagklas

Theodore Prodromos (23

25) / Nikos Zagklas

Manganeios Prodromos (26

29) / Michael Jeffreys

Michael Hagiotheodorites (30) / Katarzyna Warcaba

Pseudo-Psellos (31) / Floris Bernard

Euthymios Tornikes (32) / Nikos Zagklas

Libistros and Rhodamne (33

34) / Panagiotis A. Agapitos

Manuel Philes (35

45) / Krystina Kubina

Stephanos Sgouropoulos (46) / Krystina Kubina

Erotopaignia (47) / Alexander Riehle

Gerardos (48) / Alexander Riehle

Francesco Filelfo (49) / Andreas Rhoby

Angelo Poliziano (50

55) / Andreas Rhoby

John Clajus (56) / Andreas Rhoby.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367255312

0367255316

9780367759971

0367759977

OCLC:

1242746718

Publisher Number:

99990693969