Larisa Vilimonovic

Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad (eBook, PDF)

Emergence of a Personal History

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Produktbeschreibung

The Alexiad, written in the twelfth century by a Byzantine princess, Anna Komnene, tells the story of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, offering accounts of its political and military history, including its involvement with the First Crusade. Structure and Features of Anna Komnene's Alexiad: Emergence of a Personal History introduces new methods of research for studying the Alexiad, aiming primarily at analysing Anna Komnene's literary expression. The book's approach focuses mainly on the author, the subject, the structure and the inner stylistic features, as well as the genre itself. The result is a substantially new outlook on the main Byzantine historiographical work of the twelfth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040777534
• Artikelnr.: 75564589

Autorenporträt

Larisa Orlov Vilimonovic is Research Associate in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, at the University of Belgrade. She has taught courses in Byzantine cultural and social history. Her main interests are Byzantine literature, rhetoric and gender studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Introduction, Behind the narrative poetics of Anna Komnene's
Alexiad 1. Techne historike Discursive frame of the Alexiad Political
debate - Anna Komnene and John Zonaras 2. IMAGE OF THE IDEAL RULER Refuting
the invective Shaping the new Iliad In search of a paradigm - between a
legendary hero and a legendary emperor 3. ANNA KOMNENE'S 'Preponderance of
the Origin The story of the Imperial Birth - essence of Anna's political
agenda Sprout from the Porphyra Likeness to her father Connection to the
imperial branch of the Doukai Connection with the parents 4. THE PAIN OF
NIOBE AND CRY OF ELECTRA Anna's Iliad of woes Beloved husband Setting of
the Sun Allegories of the emperor's illness 5. DOUKAI - CONSTRUCTION OF AN
ALTERNATIVE DISCOURSE The rise of the Komnenoi and the problem of apostasia
The Doukai in the Alexiad DRAMATIS PERSONAE Caesar John Doukas George
Palaiologos John and Michael Doukas Constantine Doukas Maria of Alania
Eirene Doukaina 6. KOMNENIAN PHILIA Mother of the Komnenoi How a hero is
made Where two Annas meet DOULOS and DESPOTES A story without an ending
Orestes and Pylades ISAAC KOMNENOS - 'The abstruse story of Adrian Komnenos
Conspiracy of John Komnenos A thrice-beloved son Timeframe of the Alexiad
Behind Anna's psogos John in the episode of the birth of the
Porphyrogennetoi The Birth of the Emperor's Twins In search of a lost hero
7. CONCLUSION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, PRIMARY SOURCES, SECONDARY SOURCES, INDEX.