| Description |
1 online resource (x, 409 pages) |
| Series |
Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 29 |
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Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
Primary sources from the classical and early medieval periods / Richard Stoneman -- Alexander the Great in medieval Hebrew traditions / Saskia Donitz -- Alexander the Great in the Syriac literary tradition / Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala -- The Alexander romance in the Arabic tradition / Z. David Zuwiyya -- The 'accursed' and the 'adventurer': Alexander the Great in Iranian tradition / Josef Wiesehofer -- The coptic Alexander romance / Daniel L. Selden -- The Ethiopic Alexander romance / Peter Christos Kotar -- Walter of Chatillon's Alexandreis / Maura Lafferty -- Medieval French Alexander romances / Laurence Harf-Lancner -- The Alexander tradition in Spain / Z. David Zuwiyya -- Alexander literature in English and Scots / David Ashurst -- German Alexander romances / Danielle Buschinger -- Alexander literature in Scandinavia / David Ashurst -- The Alexander romance in Italy / Roberta Morosini -- Bibliography of print editions and translations by chapter -- General bibliography |
| Summary |
Drawing on decades of research on Alexander literature from all over the world, this book is bound to become a medievalist's best companion. It studies Alexander romances from the East and the West in literary form and content |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-397) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- In literature
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast |
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Romances -- History and criticism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Literature
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Literature, Medieval
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Romances
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Literatur
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Rezeption
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Alexanderdichtung
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Naher Osten
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zuwiyya, Z. David (Zachary David), 1964-
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| ISBN |
9789004211933 |
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9004211934 |
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