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Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature: 2 (Sign/Text/Culture,)
Freidenberg, Olga. Ed(S): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V.
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paperback. "Image and Concept" is Freidenberg's study of the origins of Greek tragedy. Freidenberg's work develops the notion that with the transition from mythological thinking to formal-logical concepts came the appearance of literature. Editor(s): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
First published in 1997. Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature here - finally - available in English, is devoted to the origins of Greek tragedy. In it, Freidenberg develops the notion that it was the very transition from thinking based on mythological images to the kind of thinking that makes use of formal-logical concepts that resulted in the appearance of literature. With the transition from mythological thinking to conceptual thought, the content of mythological images became the texture of the new concepts. The inherited mythological forms now were reinterpreted conceptually: causalized, ethicized, generalized, abstracted. This reinterpretation, in turn, brought ... Read more
First published in 1997. Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature here - finally - available in English, is devoted to the origins of Greek tragedy. In it, Freidenberg develops the notion that it was the very transition from thinking based on mythological images to the kind of thinking that makes use of formal-logical concepts that resulted in the appearance of literature. With the transition from mythological thinking to conceptual thought, the content of mythological images became the texture of the new concepts. The inherited mythological forms now were reinterpreted conceptually: causalized, ethicized, generalized, abstracted. This reinterpretation, in turn, brought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
511
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9789057025075
SKU
V9789057025075
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About Freidenberg, Olga. Ed(S): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V.
Olga Freidenberg, Nina Braginskaia, Kevin Moss, Kevin Moss, Vyacheslav V. Ivanov
Reviews for Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature: 2 (Sign/Text/Culture,)
"Olga Freidenberg, a classic philologist and literary theorist active in Leningrad, has been known in the west mainly for her corroespondence with her cousin Boris Pasternak. That situation is undergoing radical change, as Freidenberg's rich and difficult works are being brought to a wider public by scholars....The present publication is an important addition to the corpus....The rewards are great. Moss ... Read more