Narrating martyrdom: rewriting late-antique virgin martyrs in Byzantium
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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Liverpool
Liverpool University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Translated texts for Byzantinists
volume 9 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Woman martyr (motif)
/ Virginity
/ Martyrdom
/ Saint's life
/ Byzantine Empire
/ Revision
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| IxTheo Classification: | KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian hagiography
B Christian saints B Biographies B Christian saints (Byzantine Empire) B Christian women martyrs B Narration (Rhetoric) B Christian women martyrs Biography B Byzantine Empire |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 210 pages, 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1789621550 |