Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia peripheral empires in the global renaissance /
No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain an...
| Main Author: | Ng, Su Fang, |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Classical presences.
Oxford scholarship online. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain and Southeast Asia, demonstrating how rival Alexanders - one Christian, the other Islamic - became central figures in their respective literatures. |
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| Item Description: |
This edition previously issued in print: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain and Southeast Asia, demonstrating how rival Alexanders - one Christian, the other Islamic - became central figures in their respective literatures. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191864803 (ebook) : |