The Origins of Criticism : : Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece / / Andrew Ford.
By "literary criticism" we usually mean a self-conscious act involving the technical and aesthetic appraisal, by individuals, of autonomous works of art. Aristotle and Plato come to mind. The word "social" does not. Yet, as this book shows, it should--if, that is, we wish to unde...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Defining Criticism from Homer to Aristotle
- Part I. Archaic Roots of Classical Aesthetics
- Part II. The Invention of Poetry
- Part III. Toward a Theory of Poetry
- Part IV. Literary Theory in the Fourth Century
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Passages Discussed
- General Index