Bibliograph

Witness Literature in Byzantium, Narrating Slaves, Prisoners, and Refugees, by Adam J. Goldwyn

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Witness Literature in Byzantium, Narrating Slaves, Prisoners, and Refugees, by Adam J. Goldwyn

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Witness Literature in Byzantium

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1263339216

Responsibility statement

by Adam J. Goldwyn

Series statement

New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,, 2730-9371Springer eBooks.

Sub title

Narrating Slaves, Prisoners, and Refugees

Summary

"By turns reflexive and daring, Goldwyn's book is riskful thinking at its best. For medievalists, it opens up new possibilities for reading and teaching the works that matter to us most -- those that somehow place us face-to-face with human Others and leave us feeling more than we can express. In Goldwyn's book, the face of the human Other presents itself, even if only briefly and in a moment of mortal danger." - Vincent Barletta, Stanford University, USA "Innovative, illuminating and daring. This theoretically sophisticated book revolutionizes the study of Byzantine literature and enriches our understanding of angst, anxiety and trauma in the middle ages. This book provides an insightful discussion of captivity in the Byzantine era and a new interdisciplinary, trans-historical understanding of narratives which will captivate scholars for years to come." -Elena N. Boeck, DePaul University, USA.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Bearing Witness in Eustathios of Thessaloniki's Capture of Thessaloniki: Holocaust Literature and the Narration of Trauma in Byzantium -- 2. Prison Literature and Slave Narratives in Byzantium: John Kaminiates' Capture of Thessaloniki -- 3. The Carceral Imaginary in Byzantium: The Komnenian Novels as Holocaust Fiction -- 4. The Refugee as Historian: Niketas Choniates and the Capture of Constantinople

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