Histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Approaches to the history of Byzantine civilisation: from Krause to Beck and Mango; 2. The social views of Michael Attaleiates; 3. Theodore Prodromus: a reappraisal; 4. Eustathius of Thessalonica: the life and opinions of a twelfth-century Byzantine rhetor; 5. Gregory Antiochus: writer and bureaucrat; 6. Nicephorus Chrysoberges and Nicholas Mesarites: a comparative study; 7. Nicetas Choniates and others: aspects of the art of literature; Index.