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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Bibliographic Details
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
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Narratology, Focalisation, and Communication
  • The Rewritten Text: The Simulacrum
  • Manuscript Context and Audience
  • Rewriting as Social Action, and Hagiography as Double-Discourse
  • Rewriting Perceptions from the Past
  • The Authors
  • The Martyrdom of la of Persia: Makarios' Plot
  • Ia's Dossier
  • Dating and Authenticity
  • The Martyrdom of Horaiozele of Constantinople: Akropolites' Plot
  • Horaiozele's Dossier
  • Dating and Authenticity
  • The Martyrdom of Tatiana: The Anonymous' Plot
  • Tatiana's Dossier
  • Dating and Authenticity
  • Adaptation
  • Makarios and the Martyrdom of Ia
  • Overview: Makarios' Adaptation of the Martyrdom of Ia
  • Makarios' Simulacrum: Structure and Ideology
  • Narratology and Rhetoric
  • Makarios' Narratorial Persona and his Implied Audience
  • The Contribution of Grammatical and Stylistic Revision to the PI
  • Akropolites and Saint Horaiozele
  • Overview: Akropolites' Adaptation of the Martyrdom of Horaiozele
  • Akropolites' Simulacrum: Structure and Ideology
  • Akropolites' Narratorial Persona and his Implied Audience
  • The Contribution of Grammatical and Stylistic Revision to the PH
  • The Anonymous and Saint Tatiana
  • Overview: The Anonymous' Adaptation of the Martyrdom of Tatiana. What is Metaphrasis?
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • The Simulacrum of the Anonymous: Structure and Ideology
  • The Anonymous' Narratorial Persona and his Implied Audience
  • Speeches
  • The Contribution of Grammatical and Stylistic Revision to the MT
  • Paraphrase Revisited
  • Conclusions
  • Translations and Notes
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Ia of Persia
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Horaiozele of Constantinople
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Tatiana of Rome.