Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume 1, Classical Criticism

Klappentext Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism focuses on criticism in the Classical period up to about A.D. 325. This first survey examines the beginnings of critical consciousness in Greece! including the functions of poetry and the role of poets in early Greek society! and continues with authoritative discussion of the critical writings of Aristophanes! Plato! Aristotle and Hellenistic scholars. It examines Roman figures including Horace! Cicero! Quintilian and Tacitus! and also considers Greek critics of the Augustan and imperial periods such as Longinus! and the neo-platonic! Christian and grammatical writers of later antiquity. Zusammenfassung Covering the beginnings of critical consciousness in Greece and proceeding to the writings of Aristophanes! Plato! Aristotle! and Hellenistic and Roman authors! this volume is not only for classicists but for those with no Greek or Latin who are interested in the origins of literary criticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Early Greek views of poets and poetry Gregory Nagy; 2. Language and meaning in Archaic and Classical Greece George A. Kennedy; 3. Plato and poetry G. R. F. Ferrari; 4. Aristotle's poetics Stephen Halliwell; 5. The evolution of a theory of artistic prose George A. Kennedy; 6. Hellenistic literary and philosophical scholarship George A. Kennedy and Doreen C. Innes; 7. The growth of literature and criticism at Rome Elaine Fantham; 8. Augustan critics Doreen C. Innes; 9. Latin criticism of the Early Empire Elaine Fantham; 10. Greek criticism of the Empire Donald A. Russell; 11. Christianity and criticism George A. Kennedy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Alexander Kennedy
• Con la collaborazione di: George A. Kennedy (Editore), George Alexander Kennedy (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.01.1990
• EAN: 9780521300063
• ISBN: 978-0-521-30006-3
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Cambridge History of Literary
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata