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Four Byzantine novels, Theodore Prodromos ... [et al.] ; translated with introductions and notes by Elizabeth Jeffreys, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- "Constantinople in the mid-twelfth century saw the composition of the first sustained fictional narratives in the European world - novels - since late antiquity. Four members of the Byzantine intelligentsia produced for the entertainment of their colleagues, their aristocratic patrons, and not least themselves, pastiches in verse and prose of the romantic tales of Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. These novels are perhaps the most attractive, as well as the most unexpected, literary products of the Byzantine millennium. More than one of the four novels translated here was well known in Renaissance Europe, but all have been largely neglected by later generations of readers and scholars as insipid and derivative eroticism. This is regrettable since they antedate by several decades the works of Chrétien de Troyes, the French father of the European novel. This Byzantine phase in the history of the genre, though not part of its central development, deserves exploration. Building on recent work which has begun to rehabilitate these texts, this book marks the first English translation of all four texts in one volume, placing them and their writers in their literary and historical contexts and opening up their world to all those interested in the novel and in European medieval literature. LUP gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Dr Costas Kaplanis, alumnus of King's College London, who suggested the idea of the series to Professor Herrin and has underwritten the initial expenses." -- Publisher description
- Language
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- eng
- grc
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 488 p.
- Note
- Volume 62 in Translated Texts for Historians online
- Contents
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- Rhodanthe and Dosikles /
- Theodore Prodromos
- Hysmine and Hysminias /
- Eumathios Makrembolites
- Aristandros and Kallithea /
- Constantine Manasses
- Drosilla and Charikles /
- Niketas Eugenianos
- Isbn
- 9781846318252
- Label
- Four Byzantine novels
- Title
- Four Byzantine novels
- Statement of responsibility
- Theodore Prodromos ... [et al.] ; translated with introductions and notes by Elizabeth Jeffreys
- Language
-
- eng
- grc
- eng
- Summary
- "Constantinople in the mid-twelfth century saw the composition of the first sustained fictional narratives in the European world - novels - since late antiquity. Four members of the Byzantine intelligentsia produced for the entertainment of their colleagues, their aristocratic patrons, and not least themselves, pastiches in verse and prose of the romantic tales of Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. These novels are perhaps the most attractive, as well as the most unexpected, literary products of the Byzantine millennium. More than one of the four novels translated here was well known in Renaissance Europe, but all have been largely neglected by later generations of readers and scholars as insipid and derivative eroticism. This is regrettable since they antedate by several decades the works of Chrétien de Troyes, the French father of the European novel. This Byzantine phase in the history of the genre, though not part of its central development, deserves exploration. Building on recent work which has begun to rehabilitate these texts, this book marks the first English translation of all four texts in one volume, placing them and their writers in their literary and historical contexts and opening up their world to all those interested in the novel and in European medieval literature. LUP gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Dr Costas Kaplanis, alumnus of King's College London, who suggested the idea of the series to Professor Herrin and has underwritten the initial expenses." -- Publisher description
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- English translation from the Ancient Greek
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- active 12th century
- -1187
- active 12th century
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Prodromus, Theodore
- Eustathius
- Manasses, Constantine
- Nikētas
- Jeffreys, Elizabeth
- Series statement
- Translated texts for historians
- Series volume
- 62
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Byzantine fiction
- Romances, Byzantine
- Label
- Four Byzantine novels, Theodore Prodromos ... [et al.] ; translated with introductions and notes by Elizabeth Jeffreys, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Volume 62 in Translated Texts for Historians online
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-474) and indexes
- Contents
-
- Rhodanthe and Dosikles /
- Theodore Prodromos
- Hysmine and Hysminias /
- Eumathios Makrembolites
- Aristandros and Kallithea /
- Constantine Manasses
- Drosilla and Charikles /
- Niketas Eugenianos
- Control code
- LUPTTH00062
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 488 p.
- Isbn
- 9781846318252
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Four Byzantine novels, Theodore Prodromos ... [et al.] ; translated with introductions and notes by Elizabeth Jeffreys, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Volume 62 in Translated Texts for Historians online
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-474) and indexes
- Contents
-
- Rhodanthe and Dosikles /
- Theodore Prodromos
- Hysmine and Hysminias /
- Eumathios Makrembolites
- Aristandros and Kallithea /
- Constantine Manasses
- Drosilla and Charikles /
- Niketas Eugenianos
- Control code
- LUPTTH00062
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 488 p.
- Isbn
- 9781846318252
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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