So Near, Yet So Far: Medieval Courtly Romance, and Imberios and Margarona. A case of de-medievalization

The romance Imberios and Margarona does not belong to the Renaissance. It does not acknowledge many of the issues which become current in the age of Humanism: the value of individual consciousness, to name but one, will wait until the seventeenth century to be explored in Greek literature. And yet,...

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Main Author: Yiavis, Kostas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter 2006
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2006, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 195-217
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Summary:The romance Imberios and Margarona does not belong to the Renaissance. It does not acknowledge many of the issues which become current in the age of Humanism: the value of individual consciousness, to name but one, will wait until the seventeenth century to be explored in Greek literature. And yet, the vintage of Imberios is hybrid: being late medieval and modelled after a popular European prototype, it slants ever so gently towards what will later be fully fledged humanistic sensibilities.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/BYZS.2006.195