Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204) : New Texts, New Approaches / edited by Baukje van den Berg and Nikos Zagklas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van den Berg, Baukje, editor.

Zagklas, Nikos, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine literature--History and criticism.

Byzantine literature.

Byzantine Empire--Civilization.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

The twelfth century was one of the most fertile periods in Byzantine literary history and this volume is the first to focus exclusively on its abundant poetic production. It explores the broader sociocultural tendencies that shaped twelfth-century literature in both prose and verse by examining the school as an important venue for the composition and use of texts written in verse, by shedding new light on the relationship between poetry, patronage and power, and by offering the first editions and interpretive studies of hitherto neglected works. In this way, it enhances our knowledge of the history of Byzantine literature and enables us to situate Medieval Greek poetry in the broader literary world of the medieval Mediterranean.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction: Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204) / Nikos Zagklas and Baukje van den Berg

1. "The Force of Discourses": Literary Production in the Komnenian Era / Panagiotis A. Agapitos

2 Poetry and Theatre in Twelfth-Century Constantinople / Paul Magdalino

3 Rethinking the Mixed Style in Twelfth-Century Poetry / Markéta Kulhánková

4. "Wishing to Imitate the Poet": Prose and the Study of Ancient Poetry in the Twelfth Century / Emmanuel C. Bourbouhakis

5. The Didactic Poetry of Niketas of Herakleia and the Use of Verse in Byzantine Teaching Practice / Floris Bernard

6. Teaching Grammar through Poetry: Tzetzes' Scholia on the Carmina Iliaca in Context / Baukje van den Berg

7. Of Mice and Cat: The Katomyomachia as Drama, Parody, School Text and Animal Tale / Marc D. Lauxtermann

8. On the Roses: Reflections on a Neglected Poem by Nicholas Kallikles (Carm. 29 Romano) / Giulia Gerbi

9. "Receiving Rich Gifts": Negotiating Power in the Metrical Paratexts of the Vossianus Gr. Q1 / Aglae Pizzone

10. The Poetics of Patronage: Constructing the Image of the Patron in Dedicatory Epigrams in Monumental Painting of the Komnenian Period in Greece / Nektarios Zarras

11. David as Model for the Emperor and his Poet: Theodore Prodromos and John II Komnenos / Rachele Ricceri

12. Manganeios Prodromos: His Life and Writings / Elizabeth Jeffreys and Michael Jeffreys

13. An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians / Julián Bértola

14. Constantine Manasses' Astrological Poem: Editorial Problems, Quellenforschung and Cultural Context / Konstantinos Chryssogelo

15. The Learned Bishop and the Unicorn: Michael Choniates, Poem 5 Lampros / Ugo Mondini

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2024).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009467285

100946728X

9781009467292

1009467298

OCLC:

1428419570