The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. Whilst there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, which provide a useful companion to the Russell and Winterbottom anthology, Ancient Literary Criticism. The volume contains a chronology, suggestions for further reading, a new translation of Bernays' 1857 essay on katharsis, and an important introductory chapter addressing the tension in ancient literary criticism between its place in the classical tradition and its role in contemporary endeavours to reconstruct ancient culture.
| ISBN: | 9780199258666 |
| Publication date: | 4th May 2006 |
| Author: | Andrew Reader in Classical Literature, Warwick University Laird |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 504 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Readings in Classical Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Philosophy: aesthetics |
The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. Whilst there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, which provide a useful companion to the Russell and Winterbottom anthology, Ancient Literary Criticism. The volume contains a chronology, suggestions for further reading, a new translation of Bernays' 1857 essay on katharsis, and an important introductory chapter addressing the tension in ancient literary criticism between its place in the classical tradition and its role in contemporary endeavours to reconstruct ancient culture.
Ancient Literary Criticism features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Philosophy: aesthetics
Ancient Literary Criticism is available in Hardback, Paperback
Ancient Literary Criticism was written by Andrew Reader in Classical Literature, Warwick University Laird and published by Oxford University Press
Ancient Literary Criticism has 504 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Readings in Classical Studies series