Literary Treatises of Dionysius of Halicarnassus - A Study in the Development of Critical Method

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext Originally published in 1939, this book addresses the literary treatises written by Greek historian and rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1939! this book addresses the literary treatises written by Greek historian and rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Bonner studies the scholar's devotion to the imitation and detailed analysis of the finest Greek examples! and the hierarchical system in which Dionysius installs them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The critic, his environment and equipment; 2. The order of composition of the Scripta rhetorica; 3. The earlier essays - on imitation, on Lysias, on Isocrates, and on Isaeus; 4. The essays of the middle period - the first letter to Ammaeus, on Demosthenes, on literary composition, and the letter to Pompeius; 5. The later essays - on Thucydides, and the second letter to Ammaeus; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: S. F. Bonner, Bonner S. F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107685444
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68544-4
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts