Philodemus and Poetry - Poetic Theory and Practice in Lucretius, Philodemus, and Horace

Zusatztext An extremely useful discussion of the poetics of Philodemus of Gadara ... Highly recommended. Klappentext Building on recent advances in the reconstruction of the charred papyri of Philodemus of Gadara (ca. 110-40 B.C.) excavated from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, this volume presents eleven new chapters in the history of literary criticism in antiquity. The essays, written by noted scholars, treat the papyrus texts of Philodemus' treatises on poetry and the related subjects of rhetoric and music, establishing links with his Roman contemporaries Lucretius, Catullus, Horace, and Vergil. The study offers a critical survey of current trends and developments in recent scholarship on Philodemus in particular and Hellenistic literary theory in general. The volume contains a complete translation of a new text of Philodemus' On Poems book 5. Individual essays evaluate the philosophical and historical importance of these Epicurean treatises and of Philodemus as a literary theorist, as they document connections between Greek philosophy and Roman literary production in the first century B.C. The recent papyrus discoveries of Ennius, Lucretius, and Posidippus make this an especially topical volume. Zusammenfassung Designed to offer a critical survey of trends and developments in recent scholarship on Philodemus of Gadara and Hellenistic literary theory, the essays in this volume examine the papyrus texts of Philodemus' treatises on poetry and the related subjects of rhetoric and music.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dirk Obbink, Dirk (Assistant Professor of Classics Obbink
• Con la collaborazione di: Dirk Obbink (Editore), Obbink Dirk (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.1995
• EAN: 9780195088151
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508815-1
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets