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Author: Marijn S. Visscher (Independent scholar of Greek literature, Independent scholar of Greek literature)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780190059088
ISBN 10: 0190059087
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 17 September 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Visscher's is the first book-length study of the period's literature.... Highly recommended. -- CHOICE Visscher offers an original study of literature associated with the Seleucid court. She shows how intellectual and imperial projects intertwined in the aftermath of Alexander's conquests, arguing that what happened in Syria, Babylon and even Bactria shaped the character of Hellenistic literature not just in the Seleucid Empire but in Ptolemaic Alexandria too. An important new work of scholarship. -- Johannes Haubold, Princeton University Visscher has made a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of Hellenistic literature and kingship, unearthing a heretofore almost unseen pole of cultural production in the east Mediterranean and west Asia. This is the first book to explore in depth the literary response to the rivalry of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic mega kingdoms, and succeeds as much in bringing new attention to little studied works and authors as in fundamentally reshaping our understanding of the agendas at work in Alexandrian literature. This is a new, multilateral model of court and culture in the Hellenistic age. -- Paul Kosmin, Harvard University
Visscher has made a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of Hellenistic literature and kingship, unearthing a heretofore almost unseen pole of cultural production in the east Mediterranean and west Asia. This is the first book to explore in depth the literary response to the rivalry of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic mega kingdoms, and succeeds as much in bringing new attention to little studied works and authors as in fundamentally reshaping our understanding of the agendas at work in Alexandrian literature. This is a new, multilateral model of court and culture in the Hellenistic age. * Paul Kosmin, Harvard University * Visscher offers an original study of literature associated with the Seleucid court. She shows how intellectual and imperial projects intertwined in the aftermath of Alexander's conquests, arguing that what happened in Syria, Babylon and even Bactria shaped the character of Hellenistic literature not just in the Seleucid Empire but in Ptolemaic Alexandria too. An important new work of scholarship. * Johannes Haubold, Princeton University *
Author Information
Marijn S. Visscher is an independent scholar of Greek literature.
