Anna Komnene and her times
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Anna Komnene and her times
(Garland medieval casebooks, v. 29)(Garland reference library of the humanities, v. 2201)
Garland, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Why Anna Komnene?, Angeliki Laiou
- Chapter 1 The Pen of the Aunt: Echoes of the Mid-Twelfth Century in the Alexiad, Paul Magdalino
- Chapter 2 Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Anna Komnene's Attempted Usurpation, Barbara Hill
- Chapter 3 The Pen and the Sword: Who Wrote the Alexiad?, Ruth Macrides
- Chapter 4 Women's Literature in Byzantium?-The Case of Anna Komnene, Diether R. Reinsch, Thomas Dunlap
- Chapter 5 Gender and Power: Passages to the Maternal in Anna Komnene's Alexiad, Thalia Gouma-Peterson
- Chapter 6 Anna Komnene, Learned Women, and the Book in Byzantine Art, Jeffrey C. Anderson
- Chapter 7 Bohemond and the Rooster: Byzantines, Normans, and the Artful Ruse, Emily Albu
- Chapter 8 Why Is the Alexiad a Masterpiece of Byzantine Literature?, Jakov Ljubarskij
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