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    Book SynopsisThis volume addresses a theme of special significance for Byzantine studies. Byzantium has traditionally been deemed a civilisation which deferred to authority and set special store by orthodoxy, canon and proper order. Since 1982 when the distinguished Russian Byzantinist Alexander Kazhdan wrote that 'the history of Byzantine intellectual opposition has yet to be written', scholars have increasingly highlighted cases of subversion of 'correct practice' and 'correct belief' in Byzantium. This innovative scholarly effort has produced important results, although it has been hampered by the lack of dialogue across the disciplines of Byzantine studies. The 43rd Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies in 2010 drew together historians, art historians, and scholars of literature, religion and philosophy, who discussed shared and discipline-specific approaches to the theme of subversion. The present volume presents a selection of the papers delivered at the symposium enriched with specially commissioned contributions. Most papers deal with the period after the eleventh century, although early Byzantium is not ignored. Theoretical questions about the nature, articulation and limits of subversion are addressed within the frameworks of individual disciplines and in a larger context. The volume comes at a timely junction in the development of Byzantine studies, as interest in subversion and nonconformity in general has been rising steadily in the field.Trade Review'... this is a worthwhile collection and, what is not always the case, all papers are of very high quality. ... each paper’s argument is presented clearly and concisely. I enjoyed reading the volume and highly recommend it to anybody who is unwilling to accept Byzantine reality at its face value.' Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Power and subversion in Byzantium: approaches and frameworks, Dimiter Angelov; Part I The Politics of Subversion: Usurpers and rebels in Byzantium: image and message through coins, Vasiliki Penna and Cécile Morrisson; How to usurp the throne in Byzantium: the role of public opinion in sedition and rebellion, Anthony Kaldellis; The imperial council and the tradition of consultative decision-making in Byzantium (11th to 14th centuries), Demetrios Kyritses; Financial crisis and the limits of taxation under Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282-1321), Kostis Smyrlis; The political arts at the late Palaiologan court (1402-1453), Michael Angold. Part II Art and Subversion: ’The world turned upside down’: art and subversion in Byzantium, Liz James; ’It began with a picture’: imperial art, texts and subversion between East and West in the 12th century, Anthony Eastmond. Part III Philosophy: 'No prince of perfection': Byzantine anti-Aristotelianism from the patristic period to Pletho, Börje Bydén; Pletho as subversive and his reception in the Islamic world, Maria Mavroudi. Part VI Literature and Subversion: Generic subversion? The political ideology of urban myth and apocalyptic prophecy, Paul Magdalino; Harmless satire, stinging critique: notes and suggestions for reading the Timarion, Dimitris Krallis; How to criticize the laudandus, Margaret Mullett; Subversion and duplicity in the Histories of John Kantakouzenos, Athanasios Angelou; Afterword - literary subversion in Byzantium: a partial and personal perspective, Margaret Alexiou; Index.

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    Book SynopsisIt is widely acknowledged that the hit franchise Game of Thrones is based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-century civil war between feuding English families. In this book, Jeffrey R. Wilson shows how that connection was mediated by Shakespeare, and how a knowledge of the Shakespearean context enriches our understanding of the literary elements of Game of Thrones. On the one hand, Shakespeare influenced Game of Thrones indirectly because his history plays significantly shaped the way the Wars of the Roses are now remembered, including the modern histories and historical fictions George R.R. Martin drew upon. On the other, Game of Thrones also responds to Shakespeare's first tetralogy directly by adapting several of its literary strategies (such as shifting perspectives, mixed genres, and metatheater) and tropes (including the stigmatized protagonist and the prince who was promised). Presenting new interviews with the Game of TTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Tudor Myth 2. Martin’s Shakespeare 3. The Shakespearean Slingshot 4. Composition History and Co(rporate)-Authorship 5. From True Tragedy to Historical Fantasy 6. Comical-Tragical-Historical-Pastoral: Mixed Genre 7. Narrative Relief: From Comedy to Nudity 8. Spectacle and Success from the Medieval Church Service to CGI 9. Game of Thrones as Shakespearean Performance: Interviews with the Actors 10. External Predictability, Internal Unpredictability 11. Eddard as Gloucester: De Casibus Virorum Illustrum 12. Wars of Roses: A Literary Trope in Social Life 13. The Stigmatized Protagonist: The Tragic Model and the Heroic Model 14. Girl Power: Mimetic Feminism and Rhetorical Misogyny 15. Generic Bias: Gender, Race, Criticism 16. The Bloody Hand: Intertextual Metatheater 17. The Targaryen Myth 18. How George R.R. Martin Changed the Ending of Game Of Thrones 19. Fandom as IKEA Effect

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