The Soul of Poetry Redefined: Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism - Rilegato

Malm, Mats

 
9788763537421: The Soul of Poetry Redefined: Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism
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ISBN 10: 8763537427 ISBN 13: 9788763537421
Casa editrice: Museum Tusculanum, 2012

Sinossi

What is the soul of poetry? Perhaps the most influential answer comes from Aristotle’s Poetics, in which the writer regarded poetry as an instance of mimesis, a kind of representation or simulation. However, despite the significance he gave the term, Aristotle's use of the word mimesis was far from unequivocal, and over the centuries that have followed this inconsistency has stimulated a wealth of interpretations and debate. Tracking Poetics from its birth in rhetorical studies to its reception across the centuries until romanticism, Mats Malm here examines the many different ways scholars—from Averroës to Schlegel—have understood mimesis, looking at how these various interpretations have led to very different definitions of the soul of poetry.

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Mats Malm is professor of comparative literature at the University of Gothenburg.

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Editore
Museum Tusculanum
Data di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
8763537427
ISBN 13 
9788763537421
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
238
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