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020			_a9781139583879 (ebook)
020			_z9781107037229 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDF605.C63 _bB83 2014
082	0	0	_a949.5/03092 _223
100	1		_aBuckley, Penelope, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Alexiad of Anna Komnene : _bArtistic Strategy in the Making of a Myth / _cPenelope Buckley.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (331 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis 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.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107037229
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139583879
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37078 _d37078