Anna Komnene and her times
By: Thalia Gouma-Peterson, editor.
Contributors: Gouma-Peterson, Thalia.
Publisher: Garland Publishing; Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Comnena, Anna, b.1083-; Comnena, Anna, b. 1083-; Princesses -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography.; Middle Ages -- Historiography.; Byzantine Empire -- History -- Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "One of most prominent Byzantine women writers of the European Middle Ages, the princess Anna Komnene perfected vernacular satire and romantic fiction: but she is most famous for the epic Alexiad, which marks a departure from the tradition of Byzantine historical writing." "This volume explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.