RECEPTION OF ANCIENT CYPRUS IN WESTE

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ISBN 10: 3110996650 / ISBN 13: 9783110996654

Editore: Walter de Gruyter, 2022

Codice articolo NWUS9783110996654

Riassunto:

The reception of ancient Cyprus in the Western world has not received much attention in scholarship, despite the fact that significant literary and extra-literary evidence presented by European intellectuals and artists explicitly or implicitly refers to the history of Cyprus, as well as to the myths and art produced on it or inspired by its landscape. This is a neglect that this volume wishes to address, by re-establishing the literary thread of the representation of ancient Cyprus beyond generic, spatial and temporal limits, and by thus shedding light on its depiction throughout the centuries, from the ancient Roman to the Western world up until modern times. The volume’s central thesis is that a number of Cypriot traditions constitute a unique example of intercultural and multi-level fusions of diverse European civilizations. By investigating the various and often contradictory ways in which Cyprus was represented in Latin literature and beyond, the volume treats its multifaceted reception as a vastly complex matter, and suggests that even though the island has always been an outlier, it has often been explored in literature as an intellectual landscape and a precious pathway between at times conflictual yet compatible worlds.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Stella Alekou, Univ. of Ioannina, Greece; Spyridon Tzounakas, Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia; Stephen Harrison, Univ. of Oxford, UK.

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Titolo: RECEPTION OF ANCIENT CYPRUS IN WESTE
Casa editrice: Walter de Gruyter
Data di pubblicazione: 2022
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: NEW