The Oxford handbook of Byzantine literature / edited by Stratis Papaioannou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papaioannou, Stratis, editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine literature--History and criticism.

Byzantine literature.

Transmission of texts--Byzantine Empire.

Transmission of texts.

Manuscripts, Byzantine.

Intellectual life.

Civilization.

Byzantine Empire--Civilization.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Handbooks and manuals.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 763 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of Byzantine literature

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Byzantine literary studies, despite their long scholarly tradition, remain a fragile enterprise, just as Byzantine Greek literature continues to be a relatively exotic domain. The present volume, the first of its kind in English, maps this literature and the field of its study, aiming to provide a true vade mecum, that will accompany as well as invite readers of Byzantine texts. In twenty-five chapters, composed by leading specialists, the volume surveys the immense body of Greek literature produced from the fourth to the fifteenth century CE, and propagates a nuanced understanding of what "literature" was in Byzantium, highlighting key problems, and presenting basic research tools. Four parts structure the volume. Part I, "Materials, Norms, Codes", presents basic matrices for literary creation in Byzantium: language, manuscript book culture, theories of literature, and systems of textual memory, from within the history of Greek (classical literature and ancient myth) and from without (literature translated into Greek from other languages). Part II, "Forms", deals with the "how" of Byzantine literature: oral discourse and "text"; storytelling; rhetoric; rewriting; verse; and song. Part III, "Agents", focuses on the "creators" of Byzantine literature, both its producers and its recipients. Part IV, "Translation, Transmission, Edition", surveys the three main ways by which we access Byzantine Greek literature today: translations into other Byzantine languages during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts; and modern, printed editions. A final, concluding chapter offers a view of the recent past and the likely future of Byzantine literary studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. What Is Byzantine Literature? An Introduction / Stratis Papaioannou

pt. I MATERIALS, NORMS, CODES

2. Language / Martin Hinterberger

3. Book Culture / Stratis Papaioannou

4. Theory Of Literature / Stratis Papaioannou

5. Biblical Hermeneutics / Fr. Maximos Constas

6. Memory: Selection, Citation, Commonplace / Stratis Papaioannou

7. The Reception Of Classical Literature And Ancient Myth / Anthony Kaldellis

8. Translations I: From Other Languages Into Greek

Section I Latin / Reka Forrai

Section II Syriac / Pablo Ubierna

Section III Arabic / Stratis Papaioannou

Section IV Georgian / Nikoloz Aleksidze

Section V Neo-Latin Languages / Carolina Cupane

pt. II FORMS

9. Orality And Textuality (With An Appendix On The Byzantine Conceptions) / Stratis Papaioannou

10. Narrative: Theory And Practice / Ingela Nilsson

11. Rhetorical Practice / Alexander Riehle

12. Rhetorical Figures / Vessela Valiavitcharska

13. A Rhetorical Genre(?): The Invective (Ninth-Fifteenth Centuries) / Ioannis Polemis

14. Rewriting / Stephanos Efthymiadis

15. Poetry? / Kristoffel Demoen

16. Inscriptions / Ivan Drpic

17. Metrics And Prose Rhythm / Andreas Rhoby

18. Sacred Song / Stratis Papaioannou

19. Recitation And Chant: Types Of Notation, Modes Of Expression / Sandra Martani

pt. III AGENTS

20. Authors (With An Excursus On Symeon Metaphrastes) / Stratis Papaioannou

21. Readers And Their Pleasures / Stratis Papaioannou

pt. IV TRANSLATION, TRANSMISSION, EDITION

22. Translations II: Greek Texts Into Other Languages (Fourth-Fifteenth Centuries)

Section II Coptic / Arietta Papaconstantinou

Section III Syriac / Pablo Ubierna

Section IV Armenian / Theo Maarten Van Lint

Section V Georgian / Nikoloz Aleksidze

Section VI Arabic / Alexander Treiger

Section VII Slavic / Anatolii Turilov

23. Modes Of Manuscript Transmission (Ninth-Fifteenth Centuries) / Inmaculada Perez Martin

24. Textual Criticism / Caroline Mace

POSTSCRIPT

25. Thoughts On The Recent Past And The Future Of Byzantine Literary Studies / Margaret Mullett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Oxford handbook of Byzantine literature

ISBN:

9780199351763

0199351767

OCLC:

1227030242

Publisher Number:

99990693917

17154249