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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... rational explanation. Irwin points out that in agreeing with the pre-Socratics, both Socrates and Plato were challenging “widespread and deep-seated religious assumptions of their contemporaries.” In rejecting the Homeric irregular ...
... rational explanation. Irwin points out that in agreeing with the pre-Socratics, both Socrates and Plato were challenging “widespread and deep-seated religious assumptions of their contemporaries.” In rejecting the Homeric irregular ...
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... rational analysis a definition of the essence of such concepts, challenging and often rejecting their meanings as conferred by conventional authority and tradition. For example, in Euthyphro Socrates rejects the definition of piety as ...
... rational analysis a definition of the essence of such concepts, challenging and often rejecting their meanings as conferred by conventional authority and tradition. For example, in Euthyphro Socrates rejects the definition of piety as ...
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... rational element (IV, 431a–d). Moreover, it is the goal of unity which dictates a strict division oflabor, based on Plato's view that individuals exercising a variety of functions would lead to the state's ruin (IV, 434b). Plato ...
... rational element (IV, 431a–d). Moreover, it is the goal of unity which dictates a strict division oflabor, based on Plato's view that individuals exercising a variety of functions would lead to the state's ruin (IV, 434b). Plato ...
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... rational account of Christian doctrine. The Renaissance saw a reaction against scholastic thinking by humanists who re- turned to classical sources, preferring Plato over Aristotle. Notable humanists included leaders of the Platonic ...
... rational account of Christian doctrine. The Renaissance saw a reaction against scholastic thinking by humanists who re- turned to classical sources, preferring Plato over Aristotle. Notable humanists included leaders of the Platonic ...
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... rational, as political, as moral, and as free, it will seem natural to us that he should partake in the political process. The woman, whom we define as lacking these qualities, will by our definition be excluded. That this law of ...
... rational, as political, as moral, and as free, it will seem natural to us that he should partake in the political process. The woman, whom we define as lacking these qualities, will by our definition be excluded. That this law of ...
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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