A Companion to Alexander Literature in the Middle Ages

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-18345-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 811 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition

Never before has there appeared in English such a collection of essays concerning Alexander the Great's legacy in world literature. From Greek and Latin works of the Classical Period through Medieval texts in Syriac, Persian, Coptic, Arabic, Ethiopic and Hebrew, as well the European languages, the fourteen chapters cover the gamut of Alexander literary studies as compiled by some of the foremost scholars in each field, bringing the reader up-to-date on everything Alexander. These experts share their results after years of investigation in the field, and, in doing so, point the reader toward the essence of each of the myriad of Alexander romances, while at the same time including copious notes and bibliography to prepare the reader for his or her own Alexander journey.

Contributors include: Richard Stoneman, Saskia Dönitz, Daniel Selden, Josef Wiesehöfer, David Ashurst, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Danielle Buschinger, Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Roberta Morosini, Maura Lafferty, Peter Kotar, David Zuwiyya

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zuwiyya, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction: the Latin base texts for medieval Alexander literature, Richard Stoneman

Chapter Two: Jewish Traditions of Alexander, Saskia Dönitz

Chapter Three: The Group of Syriac Texts concerning Alexander,
Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala

Chapter Four: The Arabic Alexander Tradition, Z. David Zuwiyya

Chapter Five: Alexander among the People of Persia, Josef Wiesehöfer

Chapter Six: The Alexander Romance in Coptic, Daniel Selden

Chapter Seven: The Alexander Romance in Ethiopia, Peter Kotar

Chapter Eight: The Alexandreis of Gautier de Chatillon, Maura Lafferty

Chapter Nine: Medieval French Alexander Romance I, Laurence Harf-Lancner

Chapter Ten: Medieval French Alexander Romance II, Sarah-Jane Murray

Chapter Eleven: Alexander in Medieval Christian Spain, Z. David Zuwiyya

Chapter Twelve: The Medieval British Alexander Romance, David Ashurst

Chapter Thirteen: The German Alexander: D. Buschinger

Chapter Fourteen: Alexander the Great in Italian Literature of the Middle Ages, Roberta Morosini

Chapter Fifteen: Medieval Scandinavian Alexander Romance, David Ashurst

Über Autor(innen)

Z. David Zuwiyya, Ph.D. (1995) in Spanish, University of California, Santa Barbara, is Professor of Spanish at Auburn University. He has published extensively on the Alexander romance and Aljamiado literature, including Islamic Legends concerning Alexander the Great (Binghamton, NY, 2001)