Download The Stream Of Time Irresistible full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free The Stream Of Time Irresistible ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
| Author | : Thalia Gouma-Peterson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2014-05-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1134829507 |
This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
| Author | : Penelope Buckley |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2014-03-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139867806 |
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 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.
| Author | : Anna Komnene |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 1041 |
| Release | : 2009-08-06 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0141904542 |
A revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative history written by a woman - an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor through the eyes and words of his daughter which offers an unparalleled view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
| Author | : Anna Komnene |
| Publisher | : Delphi Classics |
| Total Pages | : 2526 |
| Release | : 2024-10-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1801702144 |
Anna Komnene was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian, whose ‘Alexiad’ provides a detailed account of the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Her work constitutes the most important primary source of Byzantine history of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, as well as of the early Crusades. Delphi’s Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages, with noted English translations and the original texts. This eBook presents the complete text of ‘The Alexiad’, with illustrations, a concise introduction and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Anna's life and works * Features the complete text of ‘The Alexiad’, in both English translation and the original Greek * Elizabeth Dawes’ 1928 translation * Concise introduction to Anna Komnene and her work * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the chapters paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features a bonus biography — discover Anna’s Byzantine world CONTENTS: The Translation The Alexiad The Original Text Contents of the Greek Text The Dual Text Dual Greek and English Text The Biography Irene and Anna Comnena (1913) by Joseph McCabe
| Author | : Dawes |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2014-05-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317846761 |
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Kate Jenckes |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0791480569 |
This book explores the relationship between time, life, and history in the work of Jorge Luis Borges and examines his work in relation to his contemporary, Walter Benjamin. By focusing on texts from the margins of the Borges canon—including the early poems on Buenos Aires, his biography of Argentina's minstrel poet Evaristo Carriego, the stories and translations from A Universal History of Infamy, as well as some of his renowned stories and essays—Kate Jenckes argues that Borges's writing performs an allegorical representation of history. Interspersed among the readings of Borges are careful and original readings of some of Benjamin's finest essays on the relationship between life, language, and history. Reading Borges in relationship to Benjamin draws out ethical and political implications from Borges's works that have been largely overlooked by his critics.
| Author | : James Francis LePree Ph.D. |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 613 |
| Release | : 2019-09-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
An indispensable resource for investigating the history of the Byzantine Empire, this book provides a comprehensive summary of its overall development as well as its legacy in the modern world. The existence and development of Byzantium covers more than a millennium and coincides with one of the darkest periods of European history. Unfortunately, the Empire's achievements and brightest moments remain largely unknown except to Byzantine scholars. Through reference entries and primary source documents, this encyclopedia provides essential information about the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Diocletian to the Fall of Constantinople. The reference entries are grouped in eight topical sections on the most significant aspects of the history of the Byzantine Empire. These sections include individuals, key events, key places, the military, objects and artifacts, administration and organization, government and politics, and groups and organizations. Each section begins with an overview essay and contains approximately thirty entries on carefully selected topics. The entries conclude with suggestions for further reading along with cross-references., A selection of primary source documents gives readers first-hand accounts of the Byzantine world.
| Author | : Leonora Alice Neville |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 019049817X |
Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for writing history and plotting to become empress by murdering her brother. This book explains how Anna broke her culture's rules for women's behavior by writing history, her efforts to be acceptable, and how her writing nonetheless fired the story of her bloodthirsty ambition.
| Author | : Anna Komnene |
| Publisher | : LA CASE Books |
| Total Pages | : 713 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the Normans, and on the First Crusade in which Alexius participated. While the Byzantines were allied to the Crusaders, they were nonetheless critical of their behaviour and Anna's book offers a startlingly different perspective to that of Western historians. Her character sketches are shrewd and forthright - from the Norman invader Robert Guiscard ('nourished by manifold evil') and his son Bohemond ('like a streaking thunderbolt') to Pope Gregory VII ('unworthy of a high priest'). The Alexiad is a vivid and dramatic narrative, which reveals as much about the character of its intelligent and dynamic author as it does about the fascinating period through which she lived.
| Author | : Nick Holmes |
| Publisher | : Troubador Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2019-05-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1838598928 |
Provides a new angle on the Crusades – from the viewpoint of the Byzantine Empire. An exciting narrative describing the fall of Byzantium in the eleventh century, the origins of modern Turkey, and the epic campaign of the First Crusade. Will appeal to anyone interested in history, military history or medieval history.
