The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean
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The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean

Commemoration in Literature, Folk-Song, and Liturgy

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The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean

Commemoration in Literature, Folk-Song, and Liturgy

About this book

A body of theory has developed about the role and function of memory in creating and maintaining cultural identity. Yet there has been no consideration of the rich Mediterranean and Near Eastern traditions of laments for fallen cities in commemorating or resolving communal trauma. This volume offers new insights into the trope of the fallen city in folk-song and a variety of literary genres. These commemorations reveal memories modified by diverse agendas, and contains narrative structures and motifs that show the meaning of memory-making about fallen cities. Opening a new avenue of research into the Mediterranean genre of city lament, this book examines references to, or re-workings of, otherwise lost texts or ways of commemorating fallen cities in the extant texts, and with greater emphasis than usual on the point of view of the victors.

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Yes, you can access The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean by Mary R. Bachvarova,Dorota Dutsch,Ann Suter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781107031968
eBook ISBN
9781316484883
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. List of contributors
  8. Foreword
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Map of the Mediterranean region
  11. Chapter 1 Introduction
  12. Chapter 2 The city lament genre in the ancient Near East
  13. Chapter 3 The destroyed city in ancient ‘‘world history’’: from Agade to Troy
  14. Chapter 4 Mourning a city ‘‘empty of men’’: stereotypes of Anatolian communal lament in Aeschylus’ Persians
  15. Chapter 5 Seven Against Thebes, city laments, and Athenian history
  16. Chapter 6 Lament for fallen cities in early Roman drama: Naevius, Ennius, and Plautus
  17. Chapter 7 City lament in Augustan epic: antitypes of Rome from Troy to Alba Longa
  18. Chapter 8 The fall of Troy in Seneca’s Troades
  19. Chapter 9 How to lament an eternal city: the ambiguous fall of Rome
  20. Chapter 10 Messengers, angels, and laments for the fall of Constantinople
  21. Chapter 11 ‘‘A sudden longing’’: lamenting the lost city of Smyrna
  22. Index