Department of Classical Studies
Antony R. Littlewood
Emeritus Professor
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B.A., (Leeds), B.Litt. (Oxon.) |
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Research Interests:
- Byzantine Literature, Byzantine Gardens, Greek Palaeography, Roman Satire
Current Projects:
- Rhetorical and Grammatical Treatises of Michael Psellos, Byzantine Gardens
Selected Recent Publications:
- Michaelis Pselli Oratoria Minora, Teubner, Leipzig, 1985.
- Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music, (ed.), Oxbow Books, 1995.
"The Erotic Symbolism of the Apple in Late Byzantine and Meta-Byzantine Demotic Literature", Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 17 (1993) 83-103.
- "Gardens of the Palaces", in H. Maguire (ed.) Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204, Washington, (1997)13-78.
- Comments (invited) in SO Debate, Jakov Ljubarskij, "Quellenforschung and/or Literary Criticism: Narrative Structures in Byzantine Historical Writings", Symbolae Osloenses: Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies 73 (1998) 40-42.
- "Byzantine letters of Consolation in the Macedonian and Komnenian Periods", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 53 (1999) 19-41
- "The Scholarship of Byzantine Gardens", in A.R. Littlewood, H. Maguire & J. Wolschke-Bulmahn (eds.), Byzantine Garden Culture, Washington, D.C., (2002) 13-21
- "Possible Future Directions", ibid, 215-219