Amphoteroglossia - A Poetics of the Twelfth-Century Medieval Greek Novel

the syntagmatic axis of allusions to the broader twelfth-century Byzantine cultural context.

Summary

This work offers the first systematic and interdisciplinary study of the poetics of the twelfth-century medieval Greek novel. Rollos investigates the complex ways in which rhetorical theory and practice constructed the overarching cultural aesthetics that conditioned the production and reception of the genre of the novel in Byzantine society.

Product details

• Authors: Panagiotis Roilos
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2006
• EAN: 9780674017917
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01791-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 223 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 566 g
• Illustrations: 3 black & white illustrations
• Series: Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies