Die »Chronographia« des Michael Psellos

Kaisergeschichte, Autobiographie und Apologie

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The most striking feature of Michael Psellos' “Chronographia”, one of the major works of byzantine historiography, is the intensive presence of its author's personality, manifested by long autobiographical digressions. This feature has been criticised by many scholars as a violation …

Crisis and Memory

The Representation of Space in Modern Levantine Narrative

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This volume explores the literary representation of social and political crises that have punctuated the second half of the 20th century in the Middle East. From the creation of the state of Israel and its continuing aftermath, to the Suez …

Palästinensische Autobiographien

Unsere Situation schuf unsere Erinnerungen

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The history of Palestine is one written by others, Roman and Arab conquerors, Ottoman and British rulers, and today a Zionist shadow looms. As if finally realizing that claims to territory demand a claim to history, following the defeat of …