A companion to Byzantine epistolography

Author(s)

• Riehle, Alexander

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Byzantine epistolography

edited by Alexander Riehle

（Brill's companions to the Byzantine world, v. 7）

Brill, c2020

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A Companion to Byzantine Epistolography introduces and contextualizes the culture of Byzantine letter-writing from various socio-historical, material and literary angles. While this culture was long regarded as an ivory-tower pastime of intellectual elites, the eighteen essays in this volume, authored by leading experts in the field, show that epistolography had a vital presence in many areas of Byzantine society, literature and art. The chapters offer discussions of different types of letters and intersections with non-epistolary genres, their social functions as media of communication and performance, their representations in visual and narrative genres, and their uses in modern scholarship. The volume thus contributes to a more nuanced understanding of letter-writing in the Byzantine Empire and beyond. Contributors are: Thomas Johann Bauer, Alexander Beihammer, Floris Bernard, Emmanuel C. Bourbouhakis, Carolina Cupane, Niels Gaul, Cecily J. Hilsdale, Sofia Kotzabassi, Florin Leonte, Divna Manolova, Stratis Papaioannou, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Alexander Riehle, Jack Tannous, Lena Wahlgren-Smith.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Byzantine Epistolography: a Historical and Historiographical Sketch Alexander Riehle Part 1: Contexts for Byzantine Epistolography 1 Letter Writing in Antiquity and Early Christianity Thomas Johann Bauer 2 Syriac Epistolography Jack Tannous 3 Letter Collections in the Latin West Lena Wahlgren-Smith Part 2: Byzantine Letter-Writers in Context 4 Michael Psellos Floris Bernard 5 The Letters of Demetrios Kydones Florin Leonte Part 3: Forms and Functions of Byzantine Epistolography 6 Epistolography and Rhetoric Sofia Kotzabassi 7 Epistolography and Diplomatics Alexander Beihammer 8 Didacticism in Byzantine Epistolography Florin Leonte 9 Epistolography and Philosophy Divna Manolova 10 Epistolary Culture and Friendship Emmanuel C. Bourbouhakis 11 Epistolary Communication: Rituals and Codes Floris Bernard 12 The Epistolographic Self Stratis Papaioannou 13 The Letter in the Theatron: Epistolary Voice, Character, and Soul (and Their Audience) Niels Gaul 14 Letters and Letter Exchange in Byzantine Art Cecily J. Hilsdale 15 Letters in Narrative Literature Carolina Cupane Part 4: Byzantine Epistolography and (Post-)Modern Theory 16 Letters and Network Analysis Johannes Preiser-Kapeller 17 Letters and New Philology Alexander Riehle General Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BC00384534
• ISBN:
  • 9789004413696
• LCCN: 2020017493
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 529 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA5166
  • DC23 : 886/.0209
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Byzantine letters -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Letter writing, Greek
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB23389165