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The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems Paperback / softback - 2002
by Stephen Halliwell
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- Title The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
- Author Stephen Halliwell
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Condition New
- Pages 440
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-07-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780691092584
- ISBN 9780691092584 / 0691092583
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.26 x 0.95 in (23.62 x 15.90 x 2.41 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Aesthetics - History, Mimesis in art
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001056023
- Dewey Decimal Code 111.85
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"With wide-ranging erudition, bold philosophical insight, and a vibrant aesthetic sensibility, Stephen Halliwell demonstrates that the ancient Greek tradition of arguing about mimesis is not the crude and single-minded defense of literal copying that many have seen in it. It is, rather, a highly complex tradition of debate and contestation, in which questions of foundational importance about artistic meaning are repeatedly confronted. Moving with graceful assurance from Plato and Aristotle to contemporary reworkings of the tradition by Brecht and Adorno, Barthes and Derrida, Halliwell shows us the depth and fertility of classical arguments. A stunning achievement, which will define the subject for many generations."--Martha C. Nussbaum, The University of Chicago
"Halliwell addresses central topics in the history of aesthetics with continuing echoes in current debates. The scholarship is impeccable, the writing is clear, the histories are illuminating, the theoretical views are intriguing, and the scope is most impressive. I do not know of any comparable book that succeeds at combining scholarship with history and original thought."--Cynthia Freeland, University of Houston
"We have not seen a comprehensive study of the classical concepts of mimesis, nor has anyone shown the place of mimesis in the history of aesthetics, nor has anyone argued generally for the usefulness of the concept to contemporary theory. Art and philosophy in the twentieth century were hostile to the idea that art is mimesis, and ancient Greek theories have seemed quaint to modern eyes. Halliwell may, through this book, be on the cutting edge of a revolution in thinking."--Paul Woodruff, University of Texas, Austin