Satire in the Middle Byzantine period : the golden age of laughter? / edited by Przemysaw Marciniak, Ingela Nilsson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marciniak, Przemysaw, editor.

Nilsson, Ingela, editor.

Series:

Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 12.

Explorations in medieval culture ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satire, Byzantine--History and criticism.

Satire, Byzantine.

Byzantine literature--History and criticism.

Byzantine literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 387 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

This volume explores various forms, functions and meanings of satirical texts written in the Middle Byzantine period.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures

List of Contributors

Note on Transliteration

Chapter 1 It is Difficult Not to Write Satire: A Brief Introduction to the Satirical Mode

Part 1 Traditions, Approaches, and Definitions

Chapter 2 The Fortune of Lucian in Byzantium

Chapter 3 Laughter, Derision, and Abuse in Byzantine Verse

Chapter 4 Parody in Byzantine Literature

Part 2 Forms and Functions

Chapter 5 Satirical Elements in Hagiographical Narratives

Chapter 6 Political Satire

Chapter 7 Parody in Byzantine Art

Chapter 8 The Cicada and the Dung Beetle

Part 3 Satire as a Philological Endeavor

Chapter 9 The Power of Old and New Logoi: The Philopatris Revisited

Chapter 10 A Satire Like No Other: Pseudo-Lucian's Charidemos and Its Traditions

Chapter 11 The Consolation of Philology: Anacharsis or Ananias

Part 4 Komnenian Satire: A Golden Age?

Chapter 12 Playwright, Satirist, Atticist: The Reception of Aristophanes in 12th-Century Byzantium

Chapter 13 Satirical Modulations in 12th-Century Greek Literature

Chapter 14 Satire in the Komnenian Period: Poetry, Satirical Strands, and Intellectual Antagonism

Chapter 15 "For Old Men Too Can Play, Albeit More Wisely So": The Game of Discourses in the Ptochoprodromika

Chapter 16 Afterword

Appendix Nikephoros Basilakes on His Own Satirical Writings

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

90-04-44256-1

OCLC:

1224044694