Orpheus in Middle Ages
Published on 30. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8156-2825-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a new edition of Friedman's classic examination of the myth of Orpheus in the late antique and medieval periods. Friedman discusses Christian, Jewish and romantic secular `portraits' of Orpheus, and considers artistic, literary and philosophical sources. In this edition the original text remains unchanged, but the bibliography has been updated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
34 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8156-2825-5 (9780815628255)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
John Block Friedman
Orpheus in the Middle Ages
Book
01/1970
Harvard University Press
€34.86
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Person
John Block Friedman, visiting professor of English at Kent State University, Salem, and professor emeritus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.