Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages: Transcultural Perspectives - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1442644664 ISBN 13: 9781442644663

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2016

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"The book as a whole will deepen an understanding of the interactions between all versions of Alexander." -- Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *

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In the Middle Ages, the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions, many of them derived from the ancient Greek Alexander Romance, it was told and re-told throughout Europe, India, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The essays collected in Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages examine these remarkable legends not merely as stories of conquest and discovery, but also as representations of otherness, migration, translation, cosmopolitanism, and diaspora. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Brought together in this wide-ranging collection, these essays testify to the enduring fascination and transcultural adaptability of medieval stories about the extraordinary Macedonian leader.

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1442644664
• ISBN 13: 9781442644663
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
• Herausgeber: Stock Markus