Plato on Poetry: Ion; Republic 376e-398b9; Republic 595-608b10 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521349818 ISBN 13: 9780521349819

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Riassunto

Prior to publication of this 1996 book, much had been written on Plato as a critic of literature, but no commentaries had appeared in English on the Ion, or the opening books of the Republic in which Plato launches his famous attack on poetry, since the early years of this century. This volume brings together these texts and the relevant section of Republic 10. It aims to provide the reader with a commentary which takes account of modern scholarship on the subject, and which explores the ambivalence of Plato's pronouncements on poetry through an analysis of his own skill as a writer. A general introduction sets Plato's views in the wider context of attitudes to poetry in Greek society before his time, and indicates the main ways in which his writings on poetry have influenced the history of aesthetic thought in European culture.

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Recensione:

'a valuable resource ... a model of clarity, concision, careful research, and judicious presentation of difficult and controversial issues. It will be a useful took for both students and more advanced scholars for years to come.' The Classical Review

Descrizione del libro:

This 1996 book provides a commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. It was the first commentary to present these texts together in one volume, and the first in English on Republic 2 and 3 and Ion for nearly 100 years.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521349818
• ISBN 13: 9780521349819
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Redattore: Murray Penelope