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Unity in Greek Poetics
M. Heath
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Description for Unity in Greek Poetics
Hardback. The aim of this book is to reconstruct ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. It discusses some literary examples, but its main concern is with ancient secondary texts - literary theory and criticism, undertaking a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle down to the later Neoplatonists. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
The belief that a text is, or ought to be, a unity often plays a crucial role in literary interpretation and evaluation; but critics of classical literature do not seem sufficiently alert to the possibility that their criteria may be different from those which underlay the composition and reception of literary texts in the ancient world. The aim of this book is to reconstruct ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. It discusses some literary examples, but its main concern is with ancient secondary texts - literary theory and criticism - undertaking a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle down ... Read more
The belief that a text is, or ought to be, a unity often plays a crucial role in literary interpretation and evaluation; but critics of classical literature do not seem sufficiently alert to the possibility that their criteria may be different from those which underlay the composition and reception of literary texts in the ancient world. The aim of this book is to reconstruct ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. It discusses some literary examples, but its main concern is with ancient secondary texts - literary theory and criticism - undertaking a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle down ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198140597
SKU
V9780198140597
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99-1
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