Satire in the Middle Byzantine Period
Subtitle: The Golden Age of Laughter?
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Language: eng; gre
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9789004434387
Description: This volume places the satirical works of the Middle Byzantine period in a wider political and socio-cultural context, exploring not only their various forms but also their functions and meanings. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part provides the backgrounds of the authors and texts discussed in the volume. The second concerns the manifold functions and appearances of Byzantine satirical texts. Part three offers detailed analyses of three largely unexplored texts (the Charidemos, the Philopatris, and the Anacharsis). The last section moves from the individual texts to the larger picture of satirical modes in Middle Byzantium.