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Named Person: | Aleksander, (król Macedonii ;; Aleksander, (król Macedonii ; |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Su Fang Ng; Oxford University Press. |
ISBN: | 9780198777687 019877768X |
OCLC Number: | 1100311250 |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Prize from the Renaissance Society of America. |
Description: | XII, [2], 404 strony : ilustracje ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | FrontmatterList of Maps and Figures0: Introduction: Intimate Strangers - Peripheries in Global Literary NetworksPart I: Conjunctions1: Heirs to Rome2: Islamic Alexanders in Southeast Asia3: Scottish Alexanders and Stuart Empire4: Greco-Arabic Mirrors for Barbarian Kings5: Hamlet and Arabic Literary NetworksPart II: Invocations6: From Source to Allusion: Alexander in Intercultural Encounters7: English Alexanders and Empire from the Periphery8: Millennial Alexander in the Making of Aceh9: Milton, Alexander s Pirate, and Merchant Empires in the East10: Demotic Alexander in Indian Ocean Trading WorldsEpilogueEndmatterTimeline of Texts and EventsBibliographyIndex |
Series Title: | Classical Presences. |
Responsibility: | Su Fang Ng. |
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Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia is engaging, well-written and thoroughly researched. Readers will find Ng an able guide to various historical and literary contexts, as well as a clear articulator of the theoretical underpinnings of her approach. * Erika Valdivieso, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * A valuable contribution to scholarship on classical reception. ... Highly recommended * CHOICE * On the whole, Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia is a superb piece of scholarship, a welcome addition to reception studies of Alexander the Great. It delves into areas that such works have previously noted but never before penetrated to such depths. Ng's research is extensive, taking full advantage of available material produced by a wealth of scholars...The book will serve as a useful tool for students and professional researchers interestedin the legacy of Alexander along with colonialism, empire, and the history of trade between East and West. * K. R. Moore, Journal of British Studies * In short, Su Fang Ng's marvelous book makes the Renaissance truly, finally global. * Gordon Prize 2020 from the Renaissance Society of America * ... this volume represents a significant contribution to the study of Alexander's literary trajectory as an absolute protagonist of Eurasian cosmographical, social and political reflection from Antiquity to the Modern Era. * Mario Casari, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Eurasian Studies * Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia is a book explicitly designed to participate in current debates regarding the Global Renaissance and work on nodes and networks of trade and cultural exchange throughout the early modern period. It is an important reference point, and it is unquestionably a thorough and highly sophisticated piece of literary history. * Vincent Barletta, Modern Philology * Read more...

