A companion to Alexander literature in the Middle Ages
By: edited by Z. David Zuwiyya
Series: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition -- v. 29
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9789004183452
Subjects: In literature; Influence; Medieval Literature; Romances; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Primary sources from the classical and early medieval periods / Richard Stoneman; title: Alexander the Great in medieval Hebrew traditions / Saskia Donitz; title: Alexander the Great in the Syriac literary tradition / Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala; title: The Alexander romance in the Arabic tradition / Z. David Zuwiyya; title: The 'accursed' and the 'adventurer': Alexander the Great in Iranian tradition / Josef Wiesehofer; title: The coptic Alexander romance / Daniel L. Selden; title: The Ethiopic Alexander romance / Peter Christos Kotar; title: Walter of Chatillon's Alexandreis / Maura Lafferty; title: Medieval French Alexander romances / Laurence Harf-Lancner; title: The Alexander tradition in Spain / Z. David Zuwiyya; title: Alexander literature in English and Scots / David Ashurst; title: German Alexander romances / Danielle Buschinger; title: Alexander literature in Scandinavia / David Ashurst; title: The Alexander romance in Italy / Roberta Morosini; title: Bibliography of print editions and translations by chapter; title: General bibliography.