| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : philosophy and poetry, truth and symbolism -- Xenophanes -- Parmenides -- Empedocles -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : the legacy of Presocratic poetics |
| Summary |
"Of the Presocratic thinkers traditionally credited with the foundation of Greek philosophy, Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles are exceptional for writing in verse. This is the first book-length, literary critical study of their work. It locates the surviving fragments in their performative and wider cultural contexts, applying intertextual and intratextual analyses in order to reconstruct the significance and impact they conveyed for ancient audiences and readers. Building on insights from literary theory and the philosophy of literature, the book sheds new light on these authors' philosophical projects and enriches our appreciation of their works as literary artefacts. It also expands our knowledge of the genres in which they wrote, of the literary culture of the Western Greek world, and of the development of Greek poetics from the Archaic to the Classical Periods, exposing the influence of these thinkers on more famous Sophistic and Platonic ideas about literature"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2021) |
| Subject |
Xenophanes, approximately 570 B.C.-approximately 478 B.C.
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Parmenides.
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Empedocles.
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Empedocles fast |
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Parmenides fast |
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Xenophanes, approximately 570 B.C.-approximately 478 B.C. fast |
| Subject |
Didactic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
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Greek poetry -- History and criticism
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Pre-Socratic philosophers.
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Didactic poetry, Greek
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Greek poetry
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Pre-Socratic philosophers
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021000635 |
| ISBN |
9781108921084 |
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1108921086 |
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