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1 online resource |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; PREFACE; Contents; I. EARLY CRITICISM; (1) The Beginnings of Criticism; (2) Xenophanes on Homer; (3) The Age of Pindar; (4) The Sophists; II. ARISTOPHANES; (1) Critical Function of the Old Comedy; (2) Aristophanes as Critic; III. PLATO; (1) The Wisdom of the Poet; (2) The Republic and Laws; (3) Art and Morality; IV. ARISTOTLE; (1) General Principles of Poetry; (2) Tragedy; (3) The Function of Tragedy; V. ARISTOTLE (continued); (1) The Parts of Tragedy; (2) Comedy; (3) The Diction of Poetry; VI. ALEXANDRINE CRITICISM; (1) Philosophers and Scholars |
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(2) The Poets as CriticsVII. GRÆCO-ROMAN CRITICISM; (1) Dionysius of Halicarnassus; (2) Plutarch; (3) Demetrius; VIII. LONGINUS; (1) General Principles; (2) Criticism of Poets; (3) Longinus on Homer; INDEX |
| Summary |
The Greek View of Poetry details critical theories and the appreciation of poetry by the ancient Greeks. Originally published in 1931, this text deals with a whole range of Greek critics from very early criticism to Longinus and his views on Homer in an attempt to provide a historical view of the importance of poetry to Greek society. This title will be of interest to students of Classics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2016) |
| Subject |
Criticism -- Greece -- History
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Criticism
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Poetry
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Greece
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317244820 |
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1317244826 |
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9781315629704 |
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1315629704 |
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9781317244837 |
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1317244834 |
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9781317244813 |
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1317244818 |
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