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• W2893189048 abstract "Reviewed by: Michael Psellos on Literature and Art: A Byzantine Perspective on Aesthetics ed. by Charles Barber, Stratis Papaioannou, Michael Psellos Jesse Siragan Arlen Michael Psellos on Literature and Art: A Byzantine Perspective on Aesthetics, ed. Charles Barber and Stratis Papaioannou, Michael Psellos in Translation ( Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press 2017) xvi + 429 pp. This is the third volume to appear in the University of Notre Dame Press series Michael Psellos in Translation, under the editorship of Anthony Kaldellis. It follows the two earlier collections: Mothers and Sons, Fathers and Daughters: The Byzantine Family of Michael Psellos (2006), edited by Anthony Kaldellis, and Psellos and the Patriarchs: Letters and Funeral Orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos (2015), translated by Anthony Kaldellis and Ioannis Polemis. Nearly double the length of the previous volumes, this work stands [End Page 248] alongside a number of recent books and scholarly monographs that have furthered the study of the literary corpus of Michael Psellos (1018–1078), making his works more widely studied and more available in translation than ever before. Psellos is the towering figure of the eleventh-century Byzantine intellectual world, most known for his historical work Chronographia. This volume adds to the recent surge in scholarly attention on other works of Psellos, by focusing on texts of his that treat what may be categorized under the umbrella topics of literature and art. It is comprised of thirty texts, many of which are translated into a modern language for the first time. Each is preceded by an insightful introduction and accompanied by a detailed commentary, in some cases this being the first scholarly treatment of the text in English. Along with editors Charles Barber (Princeton University) and Stratis Papaioannou (Brown University), who translate and introduce many of the texts, the other translators and contributors are Christine Angelidi (Institute for Historical Studies of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens), Elizabeth A. Fisher (George Washington University), Christopher Geadrities (Brown University), David Jenkins (Princeton University), Anthony Kaldellis (Ohio State University), Demetrios Kritsotakis (College Year in Athens), Antony Littlewood (University of Western Ontario), and Jeffrey Walker (University of Texas at Austin). A general introduction (1–7) situates Psellos and his writings within his Byzantine context, where they would have been classified as rhetoric (ῥητορική) and philosophy (φιλοσοφία), the apex of Byzantine education and erudition (2). Part One (9–244), under the editorship of Stratis Papaioannou, is devoted to texts that bear on literary theory. An introduction (11–19) by Papaioannou explains what Psellos would have understood by literature, which differs in part from our modern understanding of imaginatively creative work that exists primarily to please or entertain. In Psellos' tradition, literature referred primarily to works involving rhetoric and discourses (λόγοι), in some ways a wider definition than our modern conception. The first five texts treat technical rhetorical topics, introducing or summarizing various elements from previous Greco-Roman handbooks of rhetoric (Hermogenes, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Longinus). Students and scholars of ancient and medieval rhetorical theory will find much of interest here. The fascinating Synopsis of Rhetoric in Verses (31–65) gives an idea of how Byzantine teachers made technical rhetorical matters more approachable and memorable for students. Those interested in the history of reading will find much value in the essays of rhetorical criticism (texts 6–13). Psellos here devotes writings to a number of earlier authors or literary texts, including Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Euripides, George of Pisidia, Achilleus Tatius, and Heliodorus of Emesa. In the course of his discussion of these writers, Psellos gives a literary assessment of most classical and Hellenistic Greek writers as well, making these texts a treasure trove for those interested in the literary tastes of Byzantine intellectuals, like Psellos, and the reception of earlier Greek writings. On many occasions, he aims to show that Christian writers live up to the rhetorical styles and literary accomplishments of their non-Christian predecessors. His preferred [End Page 249] Christian writer is Gregory of Nazianzus, and, among non-Christian writers, he gives highest praise to Plato. On the Different Styles of Certain Writings (99–107), one of the most interesting texts in this section, is a brief but sweeping survey of..." @default.
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