Christian Novels From the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes

The Menologion by Symeon Metaphrastes, among the most important Byzantine religious and literary works, is a culmination of a well-established tradition of Greek storytelling. This edition excerpts six Christian novels, each featuring women who defy social expectations, translated for the first time into English.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Stratis Papaioannou is Professor of Byzantine Literature at the University of Crete.

Zusammenfassung

The Menologion by Symeon Metaphrastes, among the most important Byzantine religious and literary works, is a culmination of a well-established tradition of Greek storytelling. This edition excerpts six Christian novels, each featuring women who defy social expectations, translated for the first time into English.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Symeon Metaphrastes, Symeon
• Mitarbeit: Stratis Papaioannou (Herausgeber), Stratis Papaioannou (Übersetzung), Papaioannou Stratis (Herausgeber und Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780674975064
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97506-4
• Seiten: 352
• Serien: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; RELIGION / Christianity / History, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval, Christianity, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, Relating to Christian people and groups, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Greece