Format:
x, 283 Seiten
ISBN:
9781472489357
Content:
"This is the first book to deal with the writing of literary and philosophical dialogues in Greek from the Roman empire to the end of Byzantium and beyond. Arranged in chronological order, 16 case studies combining theoretical approaches and in-depth analysis introduce a wide array of such dialogues, including consideration of the neighbouring Syriac, Georgian, and Armenian, as well as Latin traditions"...Provided by publisher
Content:
"Dialogues and Debates from Late Antiquity to Late Byzantium offers the first overall discussion of the literary and philosophical dialogue tradition in Greek from imperial Rome to the end of the Byzantine empire and beyond. Sixteen case studies combine theoretical approaches with in-depth analysis and include comparisons with the neighbouring Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, and Latin traditions. Following an introduction and a discussion of Plutarch as a writer of dialogues, other chapters consider the Erostrophus, a philosophical dialogue in Syriac, John Chrysostom's On Priesthood, issues of literariness and complexity in the Greek Adversus Iudaeos dialogues, the Trophies of Damascus, Maximus Confessor's Liber asceticus, and the middle Byzantine apocryphal revelation dialogues. The volume demonstrates a new frequency in middle and late Byzantium of rhetorical, theological and literary dialogues, concomitant with the increasing rhetoricisation of Byzantine literature, and argues for a move towards new and exciting experiments"...Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, ebk. ISBN 978-1-315-26944-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Griechisch
;
Literatur
;
Spätantike
;
Dialog
;
Mittelgriechisch
;
Literatur
;
Dialog
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Gaul, Niels
Author information:
Cameron, Averil 1940-
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