Epistolary poetry in Byzantium and beyond : : an anthology with critical essays / / edited by Krystina Kubina, Alexander Riehle.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kubina, Krystina,; Riehle, A.
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (453 pages) :; illustrations

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Note on Texts and Translations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Essays -- 1 Epigrams and Verse Letters in Palladas and Gregory of Nazianzos -- 2 Epigrammata Epistulam Faciunt? Christopher of Mitylene to His Friends -- 3 Epistolarity in Twelfth-Century Byzantine Poetry: Singing Praises and Asking Favors in Absentia -- 4 Functions of Letters in Verse and Prose: A Comparison of Manuel Philes and Theodore Hyrtakenos -- 5 Francesco Filelfo's Verse Letters: Form, Content, and Function -- Part II Anthology -- Texts -- Palladas (1-2) -- Gregory of Nazianzos (3-5) -- Agathias-Paul the Silentiary (6-7) -- Dioskoros of Aphrodito (8) -- Theodore the Stoudite (9) -- Theodore and Theophanes Graptos-Methodios (10) -- Anonymous of Sola (11) -- John Mauropous (12) -- Michael Psellos (13) -- Christopher of Mitylene (14-20) -- Theophylaktos of Ohrid (21-22) -- Theodore Prodromos (23-25) -- Manganeios Prodromos (26-29) -- Michael Hagiotheodorites (30) -- Pseudo-Psellos (31) -- Euthymios Tornikes (32) -- Libistros and Rhodamne (33-34) -- Manuel Philes (35-45) -- Stephanos Sgouropoulos (46) -- Erotopaignia (47) -- Gerardos (48) -- Francesco Filelfo (49) -- Angelo Poliziano (50-55) -- John Clajus (56) -- Commentary -- Figures -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts, Papyri, and Early Printed Books.