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The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
Stephen Halliwell
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Description for The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plato and Aristotle, but also in later Greco-Roman philosophy and criticism, and subsequently in many areas of aesthetic controversy from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Combining classical scholarship, philosophical analysis, and the history of ideas--and ranging across discussion of poetry, painting, and music--Stephen Halliwell shows with a wealth of detail how mimesis, at all stages of its evolution, has been ... Read more
Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plato and Aristotle, but also in later Greco-Roman philosophy and criticism, and subsequently in many areas of aesthetic controversy from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Combining classical scholarship, philosophical analysis, and the history of ideas--and ranging across discussion of poetry, painting, and music--Stephen Halliwell shows with a wealth of detail how mimesis, at all stages of its evolution, has been ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691092584
SKU
V9780691092584
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About Stephen Halliwell
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His books include "Aristotle's Poetics", the new Loeb translation of the "Poetics, Plato: Republic 10, Plato: Republic 5", and "Aristophanes: Birds and Other Plays".
Reviews for The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
"Stephen Halliwell's formidable book ... is scholarly, lucid, wide-ranging, discriminating... An outstanding example of taking ideas seriously, and one that deserves a wide and intelligent readership."
Michael Silk, Times Literary Supplement "Halliwell has given the cognitivist position a highly nuanced, philosophically sophisticated version that will command the attention of scholars of classical and Western literary criticism."
Andrew Ford, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... Read more
Michael Silk, Times Literary Supplement "Halliwell has given the cognitivist position a highly nuanced, philosophically sophisticated version that will command the attention of scholars of classical and Western literary criticism."
Andrew Ford, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... Read more