The medieval Greek romance / Roderick Beaton
by Beaton, Roderick
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0521333350
- ISBN 13
- 9780521333351
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About This Item
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 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.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- The medieval Greek romance / Roderick Beaton
- Author
- Beaton, Roderick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521333350
- ISBN 13
- 9780521333351
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1989
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