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1 online resource (xviii, 486 pages) : illustrations |
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Edinburgh Leventis Studies ; 8 |
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Edinburgh Leventis studies.
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1. Introduction / Margaret Alexiou and Douglas Cairns -- Part I. Ancient keynotes : from Homer to Lucian. 2. Laughter and tears in early Greek literature / Richard Seaford -- 3. Imaging divine laughter in Homer and Lucian / Stephen Halliwell -- 4. Parody, symbol and the literary past in Lucian / Calum Maciver -- Part 2. Ancient models, Byzantine collections : epigrams, riddles and jokes. 5. 'Tantalus ever in tears': the Greek anthology as a source of emotions in late antiquity / Judith Herrin -- 6. 'Do you think you're clever? Solve this riddle, then!' The comic side of Byzantine enigmatic poetry / Simone Beta -- 7. Philogelos : an anti-intellectual joke-book / Stephen West. -- Part 3. Byzantine perspectives : tears and laughter, theory and praxis. 9. 'Messages of the soul' : tears, smiles, laughter and emotions expressed by them in Byzantine literature / Martin Hinterberger 9. Towards a Byzantine theory of the comic? / Aglae Pizzone -- 10. Staging laughter and tears : Libanius, Chrysostom and the riot of the statues / Jan R. Stenger -- 11. Lamenting for the fall of Jerusalem in the seventh century CE / Ioannis Papadogiannakis -- 12. Guiding grief : liturgical poetry and ritual lamentation in early Byzantium / Susan Harvey. Part 4. Laughter, power and subversion. 13. Mime and the dangers of laughter in late antiquity / Ruth Webb -- . 14. Laughter on display : mimic P\performances and the danger of laughing in Byzantium / Przemeslaw Marciniak -- 15. The power of amusement and the amusement of power : the princely frescoes of St. Sophia, Kiev, and their connections to the Byzantine world / Elena Boeck -- 16. Laughing at Eros and Aphrodite : aexual inversion and its resolution in the classicising arts of medieval Byzantium / Alicia Walker -- Part 5. Gender, genre and language : loss and survival. 17. Comforting tears and suggestive smiles : to laugh and cry in the Komnenian novel / Ingela Nilsson -- 18. Do brothers weep? Male grief, mourning, lament and tears in eleventh- and twelfth-century Byzantium / Margaret Mullett -- 19. Laments by Nicetas Choniates and others for the fall of Constantinople in 1204 / Michael Angold -- 20. 'Words filled with tears' : amorous discourse as lamentation in the Palaiologan romances / Panagiotis Agapitos -- 21. The tragic, the comic and tragi-comic in Cretan renaissance literature / David Holton -- 22. Belisarius in the shadow theatre : the private calvary of a legendary general / Anna Stavrakopoulou -- 23. Afterword / Roderick Beaton -- Appendix. Chyrogles, or The girl with two husbands |
| Summary |
Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditionsWhat makes us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time? How do these two primal, seemingly discrete and non-verbal modes of expression intersect in everyday life and ritual, and what range of emotions do they evoke? How may they be voiced, shaped and coloured in literature and liturgy, art and music?Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity. Key features Includes an international cast of 25 distinguished contributors Prominence is given to performative arts and to interactions with other cultures Transitions from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and from Byzantium to the Renaissance, form focal points from which contributors look backwards, forwards and sideways Highlights the variety, audacity and quality of the finest Byzantine works and the extent to which they anticipated the renaissance Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditionsWhat makes us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time? How do these two primal, seemingly discrete and non-verbal modes of expression intersect in everyday life and ritual, and what range of emotions do they evoke? How may they be voiced, shaped and coloured in literature and liturgy, art and music?Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity. Key features Includes an international cast of 25 distinguished contributors Prominence is given to performative arts and to interactions with other cultures Transitions from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and from Byzantium to the Renaissance, form focal points from which contributors look backwards, forwards and sideways Highlights the variety, audacity and quality of the finest Byzantine works and the extent to which they anticipated the renaissance |
| Notes |
"The papers presented in the this volume represent the completely revised and rewritten record of the Eighth A.G. Leventis Conference in Greek, Edinburgh, 7-10 November 2013"--Page xi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-471) and index |
| Notes |
English text with selections in Greek with parallel English translations |
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Print version record |
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Emotions in music.
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Emotions in art.
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Emotions in literature.
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Greek literature -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Emotions in art
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Emotions in literature
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Emotions in music
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Greek literature
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Alexiou, Margaret
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Cairns, Douglas L
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University of Edinburgh.
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A.G. Leventis Conference in Greek (8th : 2013 : Edinburgh)
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| ISBN |
9781474403801 |
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1474403808 |
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9781474403818 |
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1474403816 |
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