| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 429 pages). |
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Michael Psellos in translation
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Michael Psellos in translation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Translation6 On the Different Styles of Certain Writings: A Rhetor's Canon; Translation; 7 The Styles of Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, Chrysostom, and Gregory of Nyssa; Translation; 8 An Encomium of Gregory of Nazianzos' Style; Translation; 9 Two Lectures on Gregory of Nazianzos: Theol. I 19 (on Or. 40.24) and 98 (on Or. 43.1); Translation; 10 On Saint John Chrysostom; Translation (in collaboration with Christopher M. Geadrities); 11 To One Asking "Who Wrote Verse Better, Euripides Or Pisides?"; Translation; 12 A Comparison of the Novels of Heliodoros and Achilleus Tatios. |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE ON LITERATURE: RHETORIC AND ΛoΓoI -- Introduction to Part One / Stratis Papaioannou -- 1. Synopsis of the Rhetorical Forms, based on Hermogenes' On Forms / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation / Christopher M. Geadrities -- 2. Synopsis of Rhetoric in Verses, based on the Hermogenian Corpus / Jeffrey Walker -- Translation -- 3. On Literary Composition, based on Dionysios of Halikarnassos' On Composition / Antony Littlewood -- Translation -- 4. On Rhetoric, based on Longinos' Art of Rhetoric / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 5. On Tragedy / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 6. On the Different Styles of Certain Writings: A Rhetor's Canon / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 7. Styles of Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, Chrysostom, and Gregory of Nyssa / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 8. Encomium of Gregory of Nazianzos' Style / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 9. Two Lectures on Gregory of Nazianzos: Theol. I 19 (on Or. 40.24) and 98 (on Or. 43.1) / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 10. On Saint John Chrysostom / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation / Christopher M. Geadrities -- 11. To One Asking "Who Wrote Verse Better, Euripides Or Pisides" / Antony Littlewood -- Translation -- 12. Comparison of the Novels of Heliodoros and Achilleus Tatios / Antony Littlewood -- Translation -- 13. Encomium for Kyr Symeon Metaphrastes / Elizabeth A. Fisher -- Translation -- 14. Encomium for the Monk Ioannes Kroustoulas Who Read Aloud at the Holy Soros / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- pt. TWO ART AND AESTHETICS -- Introduction to Part Two / Charles Barber -- 15. On Perception and Perceptibles / David Jenkins -- Translation -- 16. On Beauty and On Intelligible Beauty / David Jenkins -- Translation -- 17. To the Emperor Doukas, Regarding the Inscription / Anthony Kaldellis -- Translation / Demetrios Kritsotakis -- 18. On Ancient Works of Art (Or. min. 33 and 34) / Christine Angelidi -- Translation -- 19. Ekphrasis of the Crucifixion / Elizabeth A. Fisher -- Translation -- 20. Discourse on the Miracle that Occurred in the Blachernai Church / Elizabeth A. Fisher -- Translation -- 21. Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God / Stratis Papaioannou -- Translation -- 22. Empress Zoe and Christ Antiphonetes / Charles Barber -- Translation -- 23. Select Letters on Art and Aesthetics / Charles Barber -- Critical Editions / Stratis Papaioannou. |
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Translation13 Encomium for Kyr Symeon Metaphrastes; Translation; 14 Encomium for the Monk Ioannes Kroustoulas Who Read Aloud at the Holy Soros; Translation; PART TWO. ART AND AESTHETICS; Introduction to Part Two; 15 On Perception and Perceptibles; Translation; 16 On Beauty and On Intelligible Beauty; Translation; 17 To the Emperor Doukas, Regarding the Inscription; Translation (in collaboration with Demetrios Kritsotakis); 18 On Ancient Works of Art (Or. min. 33 and 34); Translation; 19 Ekphrasis of the Crucifixion; Translation. |
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20 Discourse on the Miracle that Occurred in the Blachernai ChurchTranslation; 21 A Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God; Translation; 22 The Empress Zoe and Christ Antiphonêtês; Translation; 23 Select Letters on Art and Aesthetics; Critical Editions (by Stratis Papaioannou) and Translations (by Charles Barber, David Jenkins, and Stratis Papaioannou); List of Rhetorical Terms; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
The ambition of Michael Psellos on Literature and Art is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Greek; letters in Greek with English translation. |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, Byzantine.
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Aesthetics, Byzantine. |
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Art -- Philosophy.
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Art -- Philosophy. |
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory. |
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Literature -- Philosophy. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics. |
| Added Author |
Barber, Charles, 1964- editor.
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Papaioannou, Stratis, author.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. English. 2017 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017018546
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Psellus, Michael. Michael Psellos on literature and art. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2017 9780268100483 (DLC) 2017001226 |
| ISBN |
9780268100506 (electronic book) |
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0268100500 (electronic book) |
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9780268100483 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0268100489 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9780268100483 |
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9780268100490 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0268100497 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0268100519 |
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9780268100513 |
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