The Greek view of poetry / by E.E. Sikes.
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 im...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2016.
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Table of 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.
- (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.