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Michael Psellos on literature and art : a Byzantine perspective on aesthetics / edited by Charles Barber and Stratis Papaioannou.
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Psellus, Michael
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2017
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English
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Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017]
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xvi, 429 pages ; 23 cm
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Aesthetics, Byzantine
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Art
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Philosophy
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Literature
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Philosophy
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Barber, Charles, 1964-
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Michael Psellos in translation
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Summary note
Michael Psellos has long been known as a key figure in the history of Byzantine literary and intellectual culture, but his theoretical and critical reflections on literature and art are little known outside of a small circle of specialists. Most famous for his Chronographia, a history of eleventh-century Byzantine emperors and their reigns, Psellos also excelled in describing as well as prescribing practices and rules for literary discourse and visual culture. The ambition of Michael Psellos on Literature and Art is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public. The editors of this volume present thirty Psellian texts, all of which have been translated - some in part, most in their entirety - into English. In the majority of cases, the works are translated for the first time in any modern language, and several are discussed at length here for the first time. They are grouped into two separate sections, which roughly translate to two areas of theoretical reflection associated with the modern terms 'literature' and 'art.'
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index.
Language note
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Contents
PART ONE. ON LlTERATURE: RHETORIC AND Aoroı
1. Synopsis of the Rhetorica! Forms, based on Hermogenes On Forms
STRATlS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 20
2. Synopsis of Rhetoric in Verses, based on the Hermogenian Corpus
JEFFREY WALKER, p. 31
3. On Literary Composition, based on Dionysios of Halikarnassos' On Composiıion
ANTONY LlTTLEWOOD, p.66
4. On Rhetoric, based on Longinos' Art of Rhetoric
STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 74
5. On Tragedy
STRATlS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 91
6. On the Different Styles of Certain Writings : A Rhetor's Canon
STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 99
7. The Styles ofGregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, Chrysostom, and Gregory ofNyssa
STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 108
8. An Encomium of Gregory ofNazianzos' St yle
STRATlS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 118
9. Two Lectures on Gregory ofNazianzos: Theol. i 19 (on Or. 40.24) and 98 (on Or. 43.1)
STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 149
10 OnSaint John Chrysostom
STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU, p. 169
11. To One Asking "Who Wrote Verse Better, Euripides Or Pisides?"
ANTONY LITTLEWOOD, p. 176
12. A Comparison of the Novels of Heliodoros and AchiIleus Tatios
ANTONY LlTTLEWOOD
13. Encomiumfor Kyr Symeon Metaphrastes
ELIZABETH A. FISHER
14. Encomiumfor the Monk Ioannes Kroustoulas Who Read Aloud at the Holy Soros
STRATlS PAPAIOANNOU
PART TWO. ART AND AESTHETlCS
15. On Perception and Perceptibles
CHARLES BARBER AND DAVID JENKINS
16. On Beauty and On Intelligible Beauty
17. To the Emperor Doukas, Regarding the /nscription
ANTHONY KALDELllS
18. On Ancient Works of Art (Or. min. 33 and 34)
CHRISTINE ANGELlDI
19. Ekphrasis of the Crucifixion
CHARLES BARBER AND ELIZABETH A. FISHER
20. Discourse on the Miraele that Occurred in the Blachernai Church
21. A Miraeulous lcon ofthe Mother ofGod
CHARLES BARBER, DAVID JENKINS, AND STRATIS PAPAIOANNOU
22. The Empress Zoe and Christ Antiphonôtôs
CHARLES BARBER
23. Seleet Letters on Art and Aestheties
CHARLES BARBER, p. 348 Critieal Editions (by Stratis Papaioannou) and Translations (by Charles Barber, David Jenkins, and Stratis Papaioannou)
Index, p. 407.
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE ON LITERATURE: RHETORIC AND ΛAOΓOI
Introduction to Part One / Stratis Papaioannou
1. Synopsis of the Rhetorical Forms, based on Hermogenes' On Forms / Stratis Papaioannou
Translation / Christopher M. Geadrities
2. Synopsis of Rhetoric in Verses, based on the Hermogenian Corpus / Jeffrey Walker
Translation
3. On Literary Composition, based on Dionysios of Halikarnassos' On Composition / Antony Littlewood
4. On Rhetoric, based on Longinos' Art of Rhetoric / Stratis Papaioannou
5. On Tragedy / Stratis Papaioannou
6. On the Different Styles of Certain Writings: A Rhetor's Canon / Stratis Papaioannou
7. The Styles of Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, Chrysostom, and Gregory of Nyssa / Stratis Papaioannou
8. An Encomium of Gregory of Nazianzos' Style / Stratis Papaioannou
9. Two Lectures on Gregory of Nazianzos: Theol. I 19 (on Or. 40.24) and 98 (on Or. 43.1) / Stratis Papaioannou
10. On Saint John Chrysostom / Stratis Papaioannou
11. To One Asking "Who Wrote Verse Better, Euripides Or Pisides" / Antony Littlewood
12. A Comparison of the Novels of Heliodoros and Achilleus Tatios / Antony Littlewood
13. Encomium for Kyr Symeon Metaphrastes / Elizabeth A. Fisher
14. Encomium for the Monk Ioannes Kroustoulas Who Read Aloud at the Holy Soros / Stratis Papaioannou
pt. TWO ART AND AESTHETICS
Introduction to Part Two / Charles Barber
15. On Perception and Perceptibles / David Jenkins
16. On Beauty and On Intelligible Beauty / David Jenkins
17. To the Emperor Doukas, Regarding the Inscription / Anthony Kaldellis
Translation / Demetrios Kritsotakis
18. On Ancient Works of Art (Or. min. 33 and 34) / Christine Angelidi
19. Ekphrasis of the Crucifixion / Elizabeth A. Fisher
20. Discourse on the Miracle that Occurred in the Blachernai Church / Elizabeth A. Fisher
21. A Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God / Stratis Papaioannou
22. The Empress Zoe and Christ AntiphonetSs / Charles Barber
23. Select Letters on Art and Aesthetics / Charles Barber
Critical Editions (by Stratis Papaioannou) and Translations / Stratis Papaioannou.
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ISBN
9780268100483 ((hbk.))
9780268100490 ((pbk.))
0268100489 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0268100497 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
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2017001226
OCLC
962232560
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13248517
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