Narrating martyrdom : rewriting late-antique virgin martyrs in Byzantium / translated with an introduction and notes by Anne P. Alwis.

The first translations and commentaries of the martyrdoms of three virgin martyrs: Ia, Horaiozele, and Tatiana. The first book on narratology and focalisation in Byzantine hagiography. Exciting new perspective on the agency of the Byzantine hagiographer. New assessments on the relationship between a...

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Uniform Title:Translated texts for Byzantinists ; 9.
Main Author: Alwis, Anne P. (Anne Priyani) (Author, Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Language and/or Writing System:
Includes translations from Greek.
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Series:Translated texts for Byzantinists ; 9.
Subjects:
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints > Byzantine Empire.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Christian women martyrs > Biography.
Christian saints.
Christian women martyrs.
Byzantine Empire.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xiv, 210 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
The first translations and commentaries of the martyrdoms of three virgin martyrs: Ia, Horaiozele, and Tatiana. The first book on narratology and focalisation in Byzantine hagiography. Exciting new perspective on the agency of the Byzantine hagiographer. New assessments on the relationship between a hagiographer and his audience Reconceives the rewriting of Byzantine hagiography.
Call Number:BX4662 .A49 2020
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1789621550
9781789621556