Between ecstasy and truth : interpretations of Greek poetics from Homer to Longinus / Stephen Halliwell.

Author/creator Halliwell, Stephen
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 419 pages ; 23 cm
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects
Greek poetry--History and criticism. --Theory, etc.
Poetics.
Greek literature--History and criticism.

Contents Setting the scene: questions of poetic value in Greek culture -- Is there a poetics in Homer? -- Aristophanes' Frogs and the failure of criticism -- To banish or not to banish? Plato's unanswered question about poetry -- Aristotle and the experience of tragic emotion -- Poetry in the light of prose: Gorgias, Isocrates, Philodemus -- The mind's infinity: Longinus and the psychology of the sublime.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN9780199570560
ISBN0199570566

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PA3092 .H35 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold