Lamentation, History, and Female Authorship in Anna Komnene’s <i>Alexiad</i>

Lamentation, History, and Female Authorship in Anna Komnene’s <i>Alexiad</i>

Anna’s laments are grounded in a Greek tradition of female lamentation and reflect her deliberate decision to add a female voice along side the historian’s conventional dispassion.

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Main Author: Leonora Neville
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2013-02-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/14689
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