A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the PresentThis comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts.
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... influenced Greek thought,” in ways that conflicted with democratic attitudes. We might add that Plato – no democrat – also took great pains to counter the influence of Homer and the poets. Poetry had a primary role in education ...
... influenced Greek thought,” in ways that conflicted with democratic attitudes. We might add that Plato – no democrat – also took great pains to counter the influence of Homer and the poets. Poetry had a primary role in education ...
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... Influence. and. Legacy. of. Plato. The influence of Plato on many fundamental areas of Western thought, including literary theory, has been profound and pervasive, and continues to the present day. First and foremost has been the impact of ...
... Influence. and. Legacy. of. Plato. The influence of Plato on many fundamental areas of Western thought, including literary theory, has been profound and pervasive, and continues to the present day. First and foremost has been the impact of ...
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... influenced by Plato. In the Middle Ages, only the Timaeus and a handful of other Platonic texts were available in Latin. Yet the influence of Platonism on St. Augustine ensured its survival in medieval Christian thought. It was further ...
... influenced by Plato. In the Middle Ages, only the Timaeus and a handful of other Platonic texts were available in Latin. Yet the influence of Platonism on St. Augustine ensured its survival in medieval Christian thought. It was further ...
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... influence of Aristotle's logic has been even greater than that of his metaphysics or politics. Even during periods such as late antiquity or the later Renaissance which saw Aristotle's general influence eclipsed by Plato's, Aristotle ...
... influence of Aristotle's logic has been even greater than that of his metaphysics or politics. Even during periods such as late antiquity or the later Renaissance which saw Aristotle's general influence eclipsed by Plato's, Aristotle ...
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... influential treatise in the history of literary criticism. For a long time, however, the Poetics was lost to the ... influence on literary criticism. It was not until the late fifteenth century that the Poetics was rediscovered and ...
... influential treatise in the history of literary criticism. For a long time, however, the Poetics was lost to the ... influence on literary criticism. It was not until the late fifteenth century that the Poetics was rediscovered and ...
Contents
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From Plato to the Present Part III Greek and Latin Criticism During the Roman Empire | 103 |
From Plato to the Present Part IV The Medieval Era | 149 |
From Plato to the Present Part V The Early Modern Period to the Enlightenment | 227 |
From Plato to the Present Part VI The Earlier Nineteenth Century and Romanticism | 347 |
From Plato to the Present Part VII The Later Nineteenth Century | 467 |
From Plato to the Present Part VIII The Twentieth Century | 555 |
From Plato to the Present Epilogue | 772 |
From Plato to the Present Selective Bibliography | 777 |
From Plato to the Present Index | 791 |
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A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present M. A. R. Habib No preview available - 2005 |
A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present M. A. R. Habib No preview available - 2008 |
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