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:
"This book is a major contribution not only to the field of Psellian studies in particular, but also the major field of Byzantine aesthetics in general. To my knowledge, it is the first effort to bring together a host of particular texts (all by the pen of Michael Psellos) that touch upon literary theory, visual aesthetics, and aesthetics in a wider sense."--Alexander Alexakis, University of Ioannina