Ethnography After Antiquity: Foreign Lands and Peoples in Byzantine Literature (Empire and After)
Anthony Kaldellis explores how Byzantine literature described foreign lands and peoples after antiquity. Focusing on ethnographic traditions in and around the Byzantine Empire, this scholarly study considers literary approaches to cultural difference and the representation of the wider world.
About This Book
Ethnography After Antiquity examines the representation of foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature.
Anthony Kaldellis considers ethnographic writing beyond the classical world of antiquity.
The book places Byzantine literary traditions in conversation with questions about empire, cultural difference, and the depiction of the outside world.
It offers a focused study for readers interested in Byzantine history, literature, and cultural studies.
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