Research Catalog

Title

Satire in the Middle Byzantine period : the golden age of laughter? / edited by Przemysław Marciniak, Ingela Nilsson.

Publication

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marciniak, Przemysław
• Nilsson, Ingela

Description

ix, 387 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

This volume places the satirical works of the Middle Byzantine period in a wider political and socio-cultural context, exploring not only their various forms but also their functions and meanings. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part provides the backgrounds of the authors and texts discussed in the volume. The second concerns the manifold functions and appearances of Byzantine satirical texts. Part three offers detailed analyses of three largely unexplored texts (the Charidemos, the Philopatris, and the Anacharsis). The last section moves from the individual texts to the larger picture of satirical modes in Middle Byzantium.

Series Statement

Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; volume 12

Uniform Title

Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 12.

Subject

• Satire, Byzantine > History and criticism
• Byzantine literature > History and criticism
• Byzantine literature
• Satire, Byzantine

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English, with some quotations in Greek.

Contents

It is difficult not to write satire : a brief introduction to the satirical mode / Ingela Nilsson. Traditions, approaches, and definitions. The fortune of Lucian in Byzantium / Charis Messis -- Laughter, derision, and abuse in Byzantine verse / Floris Bernard -- Parody in Byzantine literature / Charis Messis and Ingela Nilsson. Forms and functions. Satirical elements in hagiographical narratives / Stavroula Constantinou -- Political Satire / Paul Magdalino -- Parody in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire -- The cicada and the dung beetle / Emilie Marlène van Opstall. Satire as a Philological Endeavor. The power of old and new Logoi : the Philopatris revisited / Przemysław Marciniak -- A satire like no other : Pseudo-Lucian's Charidemos and its traditions / Janek Kucharski -- The consolation of philology : Anacharsis or Ananias / Eric Cullhed. Komnenian satire: a golden age?. Playwright, Satirist, Atticist : the reception of Aristophanes in 12th-century Byzantium / Baukje van den Berg --Satirical modulations in 12th-century Greek literature / Panagiotis Roilos -- Satire in the Komnenian period : poetry, Satirical strands, and intellectual antagonism / Nikos Zagklas -- "For old men too can play, albeit more wisely so" : the game of discourses in the Ptochoprodromika / Markéta Kulhánková -- Afterword / Przemysław Marciniak -- Appendix: Nikephoros Basilakes on his own Satirical writings / Paul Magdalino -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 21-7672

ISBN

• 9789004434387
• 9004434380

LCCN

• 2020046134
• 40030364685

OCLC

1198558239

Title

Satire in the Middle Byzantine period : the golden age of laughter? / edited by Przemysław Marciniak, Ingela Nilsson.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; volume 12

Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 12.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Text in English, with some quotations in Greek.

Added Author

Marciniak, Przemysław, editor.

Nilsson, Ingela, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Satire in the Middle Byzantine period. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004442566 (DLC) 2020046135

Other Standard Identifier

40030364685

Research Call Number

JFE 21-7672