Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth
Autor Norman F. Cantoren Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 noi 2007
In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor illuminates the personal life and military conquests of this most legendary of men. Cantor draws from the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries combined with the most recent psychological and cultural studies to show Alexander as he was -- a great figure in the ancient world whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments.
He describes Alexander's ambiguous relationship with his father, Philip II of Macedon; his oedipal involvement with his mother, the Albanian princess Olympias; and his bisexuality. He traces Alexander's attempts to bridge the East and West, the Greek and Persian worlds, using Achilles, hero of the Trojan War, as his model. Finally, Cantor explores Alexander's view of himself in relation to the pagan gods of Greece and Egypt.
More than a biography, Norman Cantor's Alexander the Great is a psychological rendering of a man of his time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780060570132
ISBN-10: 006057013X
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
ISBN-10: 006057013X
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial
Notă biografică
Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many books include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most widely read narrative of the Middle Ages in the English language. He died in 2004.