A companion to Byzantine epistolography
"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,...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2020
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Schriftenreihe: | Brill's companions to the Byzantine world
volume 7 |
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Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- |
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Beschreibung: | Mit Literaturangaben und Index |
Beschreibung: | xii, 529 Seiten Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 9789004413696 978-90-04-41369-6 |