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Oxford Studies in Byzantium

Theodoros Prodromos: Miscellaneous Poems

An Edition and Literary Study

Zagklas, Dr Nikos (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna)

Theodoros Prodromos: Miscellaneous Poems

Oxford Studies in Byzantium

Theodoros Prodromos: Miscellaneous Poems

An Edition and Literary Study

Oxford Studies in Byzantium: Theodoros Prodromos: Miscellaneous Poems

 

This book comprises the first critical edition and study of a group of poems by Theodoros Prodromos, a leading poet of 12th century Byzantium, accompanied by English translations and commentaries. It adds to a nuanced picture of Prodromos' profile, providing insights into his activity at different settings of Constantinopolitan intellectual life.


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Beschrijving Oxford Studies in Byzantium: Theodoros Prodromos: Miscellaneous Poems

In twelfth-century Byzantium, poetry played a key part in various contexts of textual production and consumption. One of the leading poets of this period was Theodoros Prodromos, whose surviving corpus comprises approximately 17,000 verses. Even though most of his poetry has been presented in modern critical editions, a group of his works has been overlooked by modern philologists and literary scholars alike. The selected corpus--conventionally designated as Miscellaneous Poems--consists of texts on various themes and in a wide range of genres, ranging from cycles of religious and secular epigrams to riddles, ethopoiiai, and works of a self-referential and essayistic nature. This book includes the first critical edition and study of these poems, accompanied by English translations and commentaries. Their study contributes to a more nuanced picture of Prodromos' intellectual profile, expanding his image as the 'poet laureate' of the Komnenian court and providing entirely new insights into his activity in the different settings of Constantinopolitan intellectual life. The book also sheds new light on the complex relationship between patronage and other aspects of literary activity and the circulation of the same text in different performative contexts.


ISBN
9780192886927
Pagina's
416
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Serie
Oxford Studies in Byzantium
NUR
320
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
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OUP Oxford

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