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- catalog abstract "Annotation Starting from the authors' discovery that the Persian epic poem V?miq and?Adhr? by?Un?ur? (11th century AD) derives from the ancient Greek novel of "M?tiokhos and Parthenop?, the book contains critical editions of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with English translation and comments. The exciting story of the modern recovery of the two texts is told, and the transformations of the productive theme of "The ardent lover and the virgin are traced from Greek novel to Persian poem, and through later Persian and Turkish literature. Of particular importance is the authors' attempt to reconstruct the common plot and individual variations, adding a new work to the limited corpus of ancient novels and shedding new light on the genre of Persian epic poetry.".
- catalog contributor b13073829.
- catalog contributor b13073830.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Annotation Starting from the authors' discovery that the Persian epic poem V?miq and?Adhr? by?Un?ur? (11th century AD) derives from the ancient Greek novel of "M?tiokhos and Parthenop?, the book contains critical editions of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with English translation and comments. The exciting story of the modern recovery of the two texts is told, and the transformations of the productive theme of "The ardent lover and the virgin are traced from Greek novel to Persian poem, and through later Persian and Turkish literature. Of particular importance is the authors' attempt to reconstruct the common plot and individual variations, adding a new work to the limited corpus of ancient novels and shedding new light on the genre of Persian epic poetry.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction -- The present study -- The modern recovery of Metiokhos and Parthenope -- The reappearance of Vamiq and Adhra -- The conjunction of M & P with V & A -- Ch. 2. The Greek sources -- a. The fragments (GF) -- b. The testimonia (GT) -- c. The mosaics from Roman Syria (MOS) -- d. The Martyrdom of St. Parthenope (MSP) -- Ch. 3. The Persian sources -- a. The manuscript fragment (PF) -- b. The narrative in Darab-namah (DN) -- c. The testimonia (PT) -- d. Concordance of verses -- e. Conspectus of names -- Ch. 4. Transformations of the text -- The way through antiquity -- Alternative routes to 11th century Iran -- Further ramifications of the story -- Ch. 5. Reconstruction of the plot -- The beginning.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes (p. [263]-278).".
- catalog extent "xii, 278 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Virgin and her lover.".
- catalog identifier "9004132600 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Virgin and her lover.".
- catalog isPartOf "Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures , 1571-5183 ; v. 30".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "Commentary and translations in English accompanied by the original Greek and Persian texts.".
- catalog language "eng grc per grc per".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill,".
- catalog relation "Virgin and her lover.".
- catalog subject "883/.01 21".
- catalog subject "Epic literature, Persian History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Greek literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PK6410 .H34 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction -- The present study -- The modern recovery of Metiokhos and Parthenope -- The reappearance of Vamiq and Adhra -- The conjunction of M & P with V & A -- Ch. 2. The Greek sources -- a. The fragments (GF) -- b. The testimonia (GT) -- c. The mosaics from Roman Syria (MOS) -- d. The Martyrdom of St. Parthenope (MSP) -- Ch. 3. The Persian sources -- a. The manuscript fragment (PF) -- b. The narrative in Darab-namah (DN) -- c. The testimonia (PT) -- d. Concordance of verses -- e. Conspectus of names -- Ch. 4. Transformations of the text -- The way through antiquity -- Alternative routes to 11th century Iran -- Further ramifications of the story -- Ch. 5. Reconstruction of the plot -- The beginning.".
- catalog title "The virgin and her lover : fragments of an ancient Greek novel and a Persian epic poem / by Thomas Hägg & Bo Utas.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".