Ancient Literary Criticism

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-925865-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 836 g

Reihe: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies

The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. Whilst there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, which provide a useful companion to the Russell and Winterbottom anthology, Ancient Literary Criticism. The volume contains a chronology, suggestions for further reading, a new translation of Bernays' 1857
essay on katharsis, and an important introductory chapter addressing the tension in ancient literary criticism between its place in the classical tradition and its role in contemporary endeavours to reconstruct ancient culture.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of classics, of literary criticism and literary theory, of aesthetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laird, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Laird is Reader in Classical Literature, Warwick University.