LIUDPRANDI PASSIO: MARTYRDOM AND SATIRE IN LIUDPRAND OF CREMONA'S LEGATIO AD IMPERATOREM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM NICEPHORUM PHOCAM.
A literary criticism of the book "Legatio Ad Imperatorem Constantinopolitanum Nicephorum Phocam" by Liudprandi Passio is presented. It criticizes the martyrdom and satire in the book. It emphasizes that an ascending order of vileness associated with the mock-epic and satirical epithets and antonomas...
| Publicado en: | Medieval Perspectives Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 54 - 65 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Southeastern Medieval Association
Spring1986
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the book "Legatio Ad Imperatorem Constantinopolitanum Nicephorum Phocam" by Liudprandi Passio is presented. It criticizes the martyrdom and satire in the book. It emphasizes that an ascending order of vileness associated with the mock-epic and satirical epithets and antonomasiae was anti-climactic when it ended on the puzzling characterization of Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas as a Cappadox. |
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