Buch, Englisch, 848 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1344 g
Reihe: Oxford Handbooks
Buch, Englisch, 848 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1344 g
Reihe: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 978-0-19-935176-3
Verlag: Sinauer Associates Is an Imprint of Oxford University Press
This volume is structured in four sections. The first, "Materials, Norms, Codes," presents basic structures for understanding the history of Byzantine literature like language, manuscript book culture, theories of literature, and systems of textual memory. The second, "Forms," deals with the how Byzantine literature works: oral discourse and "text"; storytelling; rhetoric; re-writing; verse; and song. The third section ("Agents") focuses on the creators of Byzantine literature, both its producers and its recipients. The final section, entitled "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. The volume concludes with an essay that offers a view of the recent past--as well as the likely future--of Byzantine literary studies.