Classical Literary Criticism Paperback - 2001
by Various; Penelope Murray (Translator); T. S. Dorsch (Translator)
Summary
In her Introduction, Penelope Murray compares and contrasts the viewpoints of these formidable critics as well as their impact on the Western tradition. This edition also includes a new bibliography and chronology and comprehensive notes to each of the texts.
From the rear cover
This new edition of Classical Literary Criticism contains the landmarks of ancient literary criticism in accessible and lucid translations.
In her Introduction Penelope Murray shows how many of the most fruitful approaches to understanding literature in the Western tradition derive from these canonical texts. Plato is often regarded as the most poetic of the great philosophers, but he mistrusted the god-like power of poets to work on our feelings and famously banished them from his ideal Republic. Aristotle responded by defending the value of art in his Poetics. His analysis of tragedy, with its key concepts of mimesis, catharsis and hamartia, has influenced generations of critics from the Renaissance onwards. Horace's The Art of Poetry is a vivid practitioner's guide that promotes a style of poetic craftsmanship rooted in wisdom, ethical insight and decorum, while Longinus' remarkable On the Sublime explores the nature of inspiration in poetry and prose.
This edition also features a new bibliography and chronology as well as comprehensive notes to each of the texts.
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- Title Classical Literary Criticism
- Author Various; Penelope Murray (Translator); T. S. Dorsch (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date June 5, 2001
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140446517 / 0140446516
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 7.71 x 5.04 x 0.64 in (19.58 x 12.80 x 1.63 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Rhetoric, Ancient
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001278721
- Dewey Decimal Code 801.95
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