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The Alexiad of Anna Komnene : artistic strategy in the making of a myth /

This 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 underst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buckley, Penelope, 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Comnena, Anna, > 1083- > Alexiad > Criticism, Textual.
Comnena, Anna, > 1083- > Literary art.
Alexius > I Comnenus, > Emperor of the East, > 1048-1118 > In literature.
Emperors > Byzantine Empire > Biography > History and criticism.
Byzantine Empire > Biography > History and criticism.
HISTORY / Europe / General.

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