Poetry and Poetics in the Presocratic Philosophers - Reading Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles As Literature

The first book-length, literary-critical study of the Presocratic philosopher-poets, Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles. Sheds new light on these authors' philosophical projects and enriches our appreciation of their works as literary artefacts, also arguing that they played an important role in the development of Greek poetics.

List of contents

Introduction: Philosophy and Poetry, Truth and Symbolism; 1. Xenophanes; 2. Parmenides; 3. Empedocles; Conclusion; Epilogue: The Legacy of Presocratic Poetics.

About the author

Tom Mackenzie is a Research Fellow in the Department of Greek and Latin at University College London.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Mackenzie, Tom (University College London) Mackenzie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108925846
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92584-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; POETRY / General, Poetry, HISTORY / Ancient / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500