Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses /
Hunter, R. L.
Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses / Richard Hunter. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (vii, 217 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and indexes.
Aristophanes' Frogs and the critical tradition -- Readings of Homer : Euripides' Cyclops -- Comic moments -- The ugly peasant and the naked virgins : Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On imitation -- The grand and the less grand : 'Longinus', On the sublime -- Reading for life : Plutarch, 'How the young man should study poetry'.
Through a series of innovative critical readings Richard Hunter builds a picture of how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. He pays particular attention to the interplay of criticism and creativity by not treating criticism in isolation from the works which the critics discussed. Attention is given both to the development of a history of criticism, as far as our sources allow, and to the constant recurrence of similar themes across the centuries. At the head of the book stands the contest of Aeschylus and Euripides in Aristophanes' Frogs which foreshadows more of the subsequent critical tradition than is often realised. Other chapters are devoted to ancient reflection on Greek and Roman comedy, to the Augustan critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus, to 'Longinus', On the Sublime, and to Plutarch. All Greek and Latin is translated.
English.
9780511729072 (electronic bk.) 0511729073 (electronic bk.) 0521519853 (hardback) 9780521519854 (hardback) 0511846932 9780511846939 1282619756 9781282619753 9786612619755 6612619759 0511728123 9780511728129 0511725779 9780511725777 0511724365 9780511724367 0511727178 9780511727177
261975 MIL
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Greek literature--Appreciation.
Littérature grecque--Histoire et critique.
Littérature grecque--Appréciation.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
Greek literature.
Greek literature--Appreciation.
Literarisches Leben
Antike
Literaturkritik--Griechenland (altes)
Literaturkritik--Römer.
Literarisches Leben.
Römisches Reich
Griechenland
Griechenland (Altertum)
Römisches Reich.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA3079 / .H86 2009eb
880.9/001
Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses / Richard Hunter. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (vii, 217 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and indexes.
Aristophanes' Frogs and the critical tradition -- Readings of Homer : Euripides' Cyclops -- Comic moments -- The ugly peasant and the naked virgins : Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On imitation -- The grand and the less grand : 'Longinus', On the sublime -- Reading for life : Plutarch, 'How the young man should study poetry'.
Through a series of innovative critical readings Richard Hunter builds a picture of how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. He pays particular attention to the interplay of criticism and creativity by not treating criticism in isolation from the works which the critics discussed. Attention is given both to the development of a history of criticism, as far as our sources allow, and to the constant recurrence of similar themes across the centuries. At the head of the book stands the contest of Aeschylus and Euripides in Aristophanes' Frogs which foreshadows more of the subsequent critical tradition than is often realised. Other chapters are devoted to ancient reflection on Greek and Roman comedy, to the Augustan critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus, to 'Longinus', On the Sublime, and to Plutarch. All Greek and Latin is translated.
English.
9780511729072 (electronic bk.) 0511729073 (electronic bk.) 0521519853 (hardback) 9780521519854 (hardback) 0511846932 9780511846939 1282619756 9781282619753 9786612619755 6612619759 0511728123 9780511728129 0511725779 9780511725777 0511724365 9780511724367 0511727178 9780511727177
261975 MIL
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Greek literature--Appreciation.
Littérature grecque--Histoire et critique.
Littérature grecque--Appréciation.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
Greek literature.
Greek literature--Appreciation.
Literarisches Leben
Antike
Literaturkritik--Griechenland (altes)
Literaturkritik--Römer.
Literarisches Leben.
Römisches Reich
Griechenland
Griechenland (Altertum)
Römisches Reich.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA3079 / .H86 2009eb
880.9/001