Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages : Transcultural Perspectives / Markus Stock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stock, Markus, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--In literature--Cross-cultural studies.

Alexander.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Romances--History and criticism--Cross-cultural studies.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--Influence--Cross-cultural studies.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the Middle Ages, the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions, many of them derived from the ancient Greek Alexander Romance, it was told and re-told throughout Europe, India, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The essays collected in 'Alexander the Great in the middle ages' examine these remarkable legends not merely as stories of conquest and discovery, but also as representations of otherness, migration, translation, cosmopolitanism, and diaspora. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Brought together in this wide-ranging collection, these essays testify to the enduring fascination and transcultural adaptability of medieval stories about the extraordinary Macedonian leader.

Contents:

The medieval Alexander : transcultural ambivalences / Markus Stock

East and West, cosmopolitan and imperial in the Roman Alexander / Thomas Hahn

Meanings of nationality in the medieval Alexander tradition / Emily Reiner

Facing the land of darkness : Alexander, Islam, and the quest for the secrets of God / Christine Chism

Diaspora as empire in the Hebrew Deeds of Alexander (Ma'aseh Alexandros) / Ruth Nisse

Hebrew Alexander romance and astrological questions : Alexander, Aristotle, and the medieval Jewish audience / Shamma Boyarin

The Alexander Romance in Southeast Asia : wonder, Islam, and knowledge of the world / Su Fang Ng

Re-writing the episode of Alexander and Candace in medieval Persian literature : patterns, sources, and motif transformation / Julia Rubanovich

Coptic miniature painting in the Arabic Alexander Romance / Faustina Doufikar-Aerts

Poet, protagonist, and the epic Alexander in Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis / Sylvia A. Parsons

Instrumentum dei, exemplum vanitatis, speculum principis. Interpretations of Alexander in medieval German literature : a survey / Klaus Grubmüller

Science and learning in the Middle Ages : Le roman d'Alexandre en prose

a study of Ms Stockholm, Royal Library Vu 20 / Maud Perez-Simon

The visual image of Alexander the Great : transformations from the Middle Ages to the early modern period / Thomas Noll.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6131-3

1-4426-6130-5

OCLC:

948393222