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Die »Chronographia« des Michael Psellos
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Die »Chronographia« des Michael Psellos

Kaisergeschichte, Autobiographie und Apologie

von Efthymia Pietsch

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ISBN
9783895004056
Verlag
Reichert, L (Wiesbaden)
Erschienen
04.03.2005
Sprache
Deutsch
Seiten
160
Einband
Gebunden
Abmessungen
24 x 17 cm
Gewicht
467 g
Kategorie
Hardcover, Softcover / Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Klassische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft

Beschreibung

The most striking feature of Michael Psellos' “Chronographia”, one of the major works of byzantine historiography, is the intensive presence of its author's personality, manifested by long autobiographical digressions. This feature has been criticised by many scholars as a violation of traditional historiographical rules. However, a thorough analysis of the text shows that the autobiographical elements of the “Chronographia” are well integrated in its narrative structure and fulfil carefully calculated functions. Psellos’ self-presentation in his “Chronographia” is not a literary fault but a successful innovation.