Описание: Michael Psellos has long been known as a key figure in the history of Byzantine literary and intellectual culture, but his theoretical and critical reflections on literature and art are little known. The aim of this volume is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public.
Although Greek and Roman authors wrote ethnographic texts describing foreign cultures, ethnography seems to disappear from Byzantine literature after the seventh century C.E.—a perplexing exception for a culture so strongly self-identified with the Roman empire. Yet the Byzantines, geographically located at the heart of the upheavals that led from the ancient to the modern world, had abundant and sophisticated knowledge of the cultures with which they struggled and bargained. Ethnography After Antiquity examines both the instances and omissions of Byzantine ethnography, exploring the political and religious motivations for writing (or not writing) about other peoples. Through the ethnographies embedded in classical histories, military manuals, Constantine VII's De administrando imperio, and religious literature, Anthony Kaldellis shows Byzantine authors using accounts of foreign cultures as vehicles to critique their own state or to demonstrate Romano-Christian superiority over Islam. He comes to the startling conclusion that the Byzantines did not view cultural differences through a purely theological prism: their Roman identity, rather than their orthodoxy, was the vital distinction from cultures they considered heretic and barbarian. Filling in the previously unexplained gap between antiquity and the resurgence of ethnography in the late Byzantine period, Ethnography After Antiquity offers new perspective on how Byzantium positioned itself with and against the dramatically shifting world.
Автор: Carole Hillenbrand Название: The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives ISBN: 0748606300 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748606306 Издательство: Macmillan Рейтинг: Цена: 9120.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book discusses a group of themes designed to highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory.
Название: Turkish language, literature, and history ISBN: 0815358032 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815358039 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The chapters move between ancient and contemporary literature, exploring Sultan Selim`s interest in dream interpretation, translating newly uncovered poetry and exploring the works of Orhan Pamuk. This is a festschrift volume published for the leading scholar Bob Dankoff.
Автор: Hallaq, Wael B. Название: An Introduction to islamic law ISBN: 0521678730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521678735 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4434.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar and practitioner of Islamic law, guides students through the intricacies of the subject in this absorbing introduction. This book will be the first stop for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.
Автор: Abramovich Dvir Название: Fragments of Hell: Israeli Holocaust Literature ISBN: 1644690047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644690048 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 13306.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this compelling and engaging book, Dvir Abramovich introduces readers to several landmark novels, poems and stories that have become classics in the Israeli Holocaust canon. Discussed are iconic writers such as Aharon Appelfeld, Dan Pagis, Etgar Keret, Yoram Kaniuk, Uri Tzvi Greenberg and Ka-Tzetnik.
Описание: Focusing on novels and writings produced in the aftermath of Lebanon`s protracted civil war, Bayeh explores the complex relationships between place, displacement and belonging, and illuminates the ways in which these writings have shaped a global Lebanese identity.
Автор: Blurton Название: Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature ISBN: 1403974438 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403974433 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book reads the surprisingly widespread representations of cannibals and cannibalism in medieval English literature as political metaphors that were central to England`s on-going process of articulating cultural and national identity.
Название: Persian Literature and Modernity ISBN: 1138585335 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138585331 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the particular socio-cultural and historical conditions that led to the production and reception of literature as modern in Iran.
Автор: Al-attar, Iman (university Of Tasmania, Australia) Название: Baghdad: an urban history through the lens of literature ISBN: 1138625442 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138625440 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8726.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book focuses on three key themes, spatial, nostalgic and reflective, to offer a new approach to the study of Baghdad`s history, with a view to establishing and informing further strategies for future urban developments.
Автор: Lightsey, Scott Название: Manmade marvels in medieval culture and literature ISBN: 1403974411 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403974419 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines marvels as tangible objects in the literary, courtly, and artisanal cultures of medieval England, but these clever devices, neither wholly semiotic nor purely positivist objects, are imbued with diverse cultural significance that illuminates in new ways the familiar literature of the Ricardian period.
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