Ancient Literary Criticism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199258659)

The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. While there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources, which provide a useful companion to the Russell and Winterbottom anthology, Ancient Literary Criticism. The volume contains a chronology, suggestions for further reading, a new translation of Bernays' 1857 essay on katharsis, and an important introductory chapter addressing the tension in ancient literary criticism between its place in the classical tradition and its role in contemporary endeavors to reconstruct ancient culture.

Author: Andrew Laird
ISBN-10: 0199258651
ISBN-13: 9780199258659
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2006
Pages: 504
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.25d