Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia : peripheral empires in the global renaissance /

No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain an...

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Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain and Southeast Asia, demonstrating how rival Alexanders - one Christian, the other Islamic - became central figures in their respective literatures.
Umfang:
1 online resource (419 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-256014-X
0-19-186480-3
0-19-256013-1
Schlagworte:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Romances > History and criticism.
Legends.
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