Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia : peripheral empires in the global renaissance / Su Fang Ng.

First edition.

9780191864803 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

1 online resource : illustrations, maps.

DF234.2

938.07092

No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain and Southeast Asia, demonstrating how rival Alexanders - one Christian, the other Islamic - became central figures in their respective literatures.

No figure has had a more global impact than Alexander the Great, whose legends have encircled the globe and been translated into a dizzying multitude of languages, from Indo-European and Semitic to Turkic and Austronesian. This text examines parallel traditions of the Alexander Romance in Britain and Southeast Asia, demonstrating how rival Alexanders - one Christian, the other Islamic - became central figures in their respective literatures.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classical presences.
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