The medieval Greek romance / Roderick Beaton

Beaton, Roderick

ISBN 10: 0521333350 / ISBN 13: 9780521333351

Published by Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989

About this Item

Fine copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 6. Physical description; xv, 261 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Part I. 1071-1204: 1. The twelfth-century background -- 2. The literary tradition -- 3. The 'proto romance' Diyenis Akritis -- 4. The renaissance of a genre -- 5. The twelfth-century texts -- Part II. 1204-1453 6. The first 'modern Greek' literature -- 7. The original romances: the texts and their stories -- 8. The original romances: narrative structure -- 9. Translations and adaptations of western romances -- 10. Genealogy of the romances -- 11. Common elements of the romances: oral background vs textual interference -- 12. Reception -- Conclusions. Subjects; Romances, Byzantine History and criticism. Byzantine literature History and criticism. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. Byzantine fiction History and criticism. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The medieval Greek romance / Roderick Beaton
• Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521333350
• ISBN 13: 9780521333351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

There has never been a full study in any language of the contribution to medieval fiction of entertainment by writers in Greek. This book fills that gap and provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071–1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars. The most important advances made by the book are the application for the first time of sophisticated methods of literary analysis to the material, and the bridging of the artificial gap that in the past has separated 'Byzantine' literature, in a form of ancient Greek, from 'Modern Greek' writing, in the vernacular. As a result, it is argued that the long tradition of romance writing in Greek is both much more homogeneous, and of far greater literary sophistication, than has previously been realised. Throughout, consideration is given to relations and interconnections with similar literature in western Europe. There is a substantial, up-to-date bibliography.

From the Back Cover

The Medieval Greek Romance provides essential information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars.