The Author in Middle Byzantine Literature - Modes, Functions, and Identities

Author and authorship have become increasingly important concepts in Byzantine literary studies. This volume provides the first comprehensive survey on strategies of authorship in Middle Byzantine literature and investigates the interaction between self-presentation and cultural production in a wide array of genres, providing new insights into how Byzantine intellectuals conceived of their own work and pursuits.

About the author

Aglae Pizzone, Centre Interfacultaire en Sciences Affectives, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Product details

• Assisted by: Agla Pizzone (Editor), Aglae Pizzone (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2014
• EAN: 9781614517115
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-711-5
• No. of pages: 575
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 24 mm x 246 mm
• Weight: 756 g
• Series: Byzantinisches Archiv; Byzantinisches Archiv; ISSN; Byzantinisches Archiv, 28
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity