TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riehle,Alexander
TI  - A companion to Byzantine epistolography
T2  - Brill's companions to the Byzantine world
SN  - 9789004413696
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Cartas
KW  - Imperio bizantino
KW  - Epistolarios
KW  -  Escritura
KW  - Civilización
KW  - Estudio y enseñanza
N1  - Índices; Bibliografía

;  Introduction 
Byzantine Epistolography: a Historical and Historiographical Sketch
By: Alexander Riehle 

Part 1 Contexts for Byzantine Epistolography
 Chapter 1 Letter Writing in Antiquity and Early Christianity
By: Thomas Johann Bauer 
Chapter 2 Syriac Epistolography
By: Jack Tannous
Chapter 3 Letter Collections in the Latin West
By: Lena Wahlgren-Smith 

Part 2 Byzantine Letter-Writers in Context
 Chapter 4 Michael Psellos
By: Floris Bernard
Chapter 5 The Letters of Demetrios Kydones
By: Florin Leonte 

Part 3 Forms and Functions of Byzantine Epistolography
 Chapter 6 Epistolography and Rhetoric
By: Sofia Kotzabassi
Chapter 7 Epistolography and Diplomatics
By: Alexander Beihammer
Chapter 8 Didacticism in Byzantine Epistolography
By: Florin Leonte
Chapter 9 Epistolography and Philosophy
By: Divna Manolova 
 Chapter 10 Epistolary Culture and Friendship
By: Emmanuel C. Bourbouhakis
Chapter 11 Epistolary Communication: Rituals and Codes
By: Floris Bernard
Chapter 12The Epistolographic Self
By: Stratis Papaioannou
Chapter 13 The Letter in the Theatron: Epistolary Voice, Character, and Soul (and Their Audience)
By: Niels Gaul
 Chapter 14 Letters and Letter Exchange in Byzantine Art
By: Cecily J. Hilsdale
Chapter 15 Letters in Narrative Literature
By: Carolina Cupane 

Part 4 Byzantine Epistolography and (Post-)Modern Theory
 Chapter 16 Letters and Network Analysis
By: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Chapter 17 Letters and New Philology
By: Alexander Riehle 

General Bibliography
General Index
Index of Greek Terms
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Papyri; Contributors are: Thomas Johann Bauer, Alexander Beihammer, Floris Bernard, Emmanuel C. Bourbouhakis, Carolina Cupane, Niels Gaul, Cecily J. Hilsdale, Sofia Kotzabassi, Florin Leonte, Divna Manolova, Stratis Papaioannou, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Alexander Riehle, Jack Tannous, Lena Wahlgren-Smith.
N2  - A Companion to Byzantine Epistolography introduces and contextualizes the culture of Byzantine letter-writing from various socio-historical, material and literary angles. While this culture was long regarded as an ivory-tower pastime of intellectual elites, the eighteen essays in this volume, authored by leading experts in the field, show that epistolography had a vital presence in many areas of Byzantine society, literature and art. The chapters offer discussions of different types of letters and intersections with non-epistolary genres, their social functions as media of communication and performance, their representations in visual and narrative genres, and their uses in modern scholarship. The volume thus contributes to a more nuanced understanding of letter-writing in the Byzantine Empire and beyond.
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