Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad : Emergence of a Personal History / Larisa Vilimonovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vilimonović, Larisa Orlov, author.

Series:

Central European medieval studies.

Central European medieval studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comnena, Anna, 1083- Alexiad.

Comnena, Anna.

Comnena, Anna, 1083---Criticism and interpretation.

Historians--Byzantine Empire.

Historians.

Byzantine Empire--History--Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, UK : Arc Humanities Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Alexiad, written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement with the First Crusade. This book introduces new methods of research for studying the Alexiad, aiming primarily at analyzing Anna Komnene's literary expression. The book's approach focuses mainly on the author, the subject, the structure and the inner stylistic features, as well as the genre itself. The result is a substantially new outlook on the main Byzantine historiographical work of the twelfth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Behind the narrative poetics of Anna Komnene's Alexiad

1. Technē historikē

2. Image of the Ideal Ruler

3. Anna Komnene's Periautologia

4. The Pain of Niobe and Cry of Electra

5. Doukai - Construction of an Alternative Political Discourse

6. Komnenian Philia

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-352) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70446-8

1-04-079221-9

90-485-5126-9

90-485-2964-6

9781003704461

OCLC:

1076254691