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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part40.utf8:248901741:2556
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LEADER: 02556cam a2200373 i 4500
001 2013036993
003 DLC
005 20140729080306.0
008 131119s2014 enk b 001 0deng
010 $a 2013036993
020 $a9781107037229 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $amm-----
050 00 $aDF605.C63$bB83 2014
082 00 $a949.5/03092$223
084 $aHIS010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBuckley, Penelope,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe Alexiad of Anna Komnene :$bartistic strategy in the making of a myth /$cPenelope Buckley.
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom :$bCambridge University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axiv, 318 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"This is the first full-scale study of the literary art of Anna Komnene's Alexiad. Her history of her father's reign is well-known and much used by Byzantinists and historians of the First Crusade, but the art with which it shapes its central character has not been fully examined or understood. This book argues that the work is both history and tragedy; the characterization of Alexios I Komnenos is cumulative; it develops; the models for his idealization change; much of the action takes place in his mind and the narrative relays and amplifies his thought while building a dense picture of the world in which he acts. Engaging critically and responsively with other texts, Komnene uses the full range of current literary genres to portray the ideal culture of his rule. She matches her art of literary control to his of government over the adverse forces of his time"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 298-307) and index.
505 0 $aThe prologue -- The Emperor Alexios, my father -- The soldier-emperor -- The second story begins -- West into East -- The second Norman war and the Crusade -- The second Constantine and the last -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The Alexiad as pre-Renaissance text.
600 10 $aComnena, Anna,$d1083-$tAlexiad$xCriticism, Textual.
600 10 $aComnena, Anna,$d1083-$xLiterary art.
600 00 $aAlexius$bI Comnenus,$cEmperor of the East,$d1048-1118$xIn literature.
650 0 $aEmperors$zByzantine Empire$vBiography$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$vBiography$xHistory and criticism.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/37229/cover/9781107037229.jpg