Michael Psellos' Chronographia
Rhetorical History and the Tragicomedy of Byzantium and the Self
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-75557-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-75557-3 (ISBN)
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Offers a new kind of analysis of Psellos' Chronographia as a rhetorical performance and a work in progress. Reveals the book's increasingly complex structure and examines issues such as the interplay of genres, especially panegyric and the subgenres of drama, metaphor and psychology. Invaluable for all students of Byzantium.
This book offers a new kind of analysis of Psellos' Chronographia as a rhetorical performance, as poesis, as a work in progress. It traces his developing techniques from the basic building blocks of the first two reigns to the intricate tragicomic structure of Constantine IX's; from the simple, finely judged scene in Basil II's tent to the spectacular mutual performance in the rebel Isaak's. The book focuses on role; on the interplay of genres, especially panegyric and the subgenres of drama; on metaphor; on psychology; on the visual and tactile. It contrasts Psellos' style with his more decorated orations and observes how his wide reading is metabolized into the particular and contemporary. At best, Psellos subjects his philosopher 'self' to scrutiny through the conflict and interplay of his feelings and roles in both commentary and agency; from this comes his tragicomic, empathetic, deeply ironic version of Byzantium.
This book offers a new kind of analysis of Psellos' Chronographia as a rhetorical performance, as poesis, as a work in progress. It traces his developing techniques from the basic building blocks of the first two reigns to the intricate tragicomic structure of Constantine IX's; from the simple, finely judged scene in Basil II's tent to the spectacular mutual performance in the rebel Isaak's. The book focuses on role; on the interplay of genres, especially panegyric and the subgenres of drama; on metaphor; on psychology; on the visual and tactile. It contrasts Psellos' style with his more decorated orations and observes how his wide reading is metabolized into the particular and contemporary. At best, Psellos subjects his philosopher 'self' to scrutiny through the conflict and interplay of his feelings and roles in both commentary and agency; from this comes his tragicomic, empathetic, deeply ironic version of Byzantium.
Penelope Buckley is a Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne and a former English lecturer there. She has edited Vincent Buckley's posthumous Last Poems 1991 (Premier's Award) and written The Alexiad of Anna Komnene: Artistic Strategy in the Making of a Myth (Cambridge, 2014).
Introduction: Greatness and Inconsistency; 1. Books One to Three; 2. Books Four and Five; 3. Book Six; 4. Book Seven; Findings: A Recapitulation; Bibliography. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-75557-9 / 1009755579 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-75557-3 / 9781009755573 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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