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Michael Psellos on Literature and Art: A Byzantine Perspective on Aesthetics

Contributor(s): Psellos, Michael (Author), Barber, Charles (Translator), Papaioannou, Stratis (Editor)

ISBN: 9780268100483

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

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Pub Date: April 30, 2017

Dewey: 801.9

LCCN: 2017001226

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.13" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.81 lbs) 446 pages

Series: Michael Psellos in Translation

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Description:

The ambition of Michael Psellos on Literature and Art is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public.

Brief description:

Michael Psellos was a Byzantine Greek monk, writer, philosopher, politician, and historian.

Review Quotes:

"Building upon two earlier volumes on Psellos that focused primarily on his orations and letters, this third volume from the University of Notre Dame Press offers English translations and commentaries from a collaboration of scholars on a wide array of his writings on literary theory, visual ethics, and art criticism." --Parergon

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