Alexiad of Anna Komnene - Artistic Strategy in the Making of a Myth

A critical appraisal of the literary art of a great Byzantine text by the first woman historian, Anna Komnene.

List of contents

Introduction; The prologue; 1. The Emperor Alexios, my father; 2. The soldier-emperor; 3. The second story begins; 4. West into East; 5. The second Norman war and the Crusade; 6. The second Constantine and the last; Conclusions; Appendix. The Alexiad as pre-Renaissance text.

About the author

Penelope Buckley is a Fellow of the Melbourne University School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.

Summary

Anna Komnene's history of her father, the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, is an enormously important twelfth-century Byzantine text. This is the first full-length critical study of the literary art by which he is brought intensely alive to personify Byzantine traditions, culture and destiny.

Product details

• Authors: Penelope Buckley, Penelope (University of Melbourne) Buckley, Buckley Penelope
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781108401944
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40194-4
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, CE period up to c 1500, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Biography: writers, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Byzantine Empire