Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9780367600594 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str.

George T. Calofonos; Christine Angelidi

Opis

This book - the first collection of studies on Byzantine dreams to be published - aims to demonstrate the importance of closely examining dreams in Byzantium in their wider historical and cultural, as well as narrative, context. The remarkable number of dream narratives in Byzantine hagiography, historiography, rhetoric, epistolography, and romance

Recenzje

'... this is an interesting collection of papers on dreams that discuss texts or passages which deserve to be noticed, not least for their engagement with the irrational.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This book constitutes a useful study for those who wish to study Byzantine dreams and their symbolism. Interested scholars and specialized libraries should have a copy.' Medieval Review

Spis treści

Dreaming in Byzantium and Beyond

O autorze

Christine Angelidi is Research Director Emerita at the Institute of Historical Research of the Hellenic National Research Foundation, Greece. George Calofonos is Research Associate at the Institute of Historical Research of the Hellenic National Research Foundation, Greece.