Ancient Philosophical Poetics

by Malcolm Heath

Book Overview

What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers which ancient philosophers gave to such questions. An extended discussion of Plato's Republic shows how the two discussions of poetry are integrated with each other and with the dialogue's central themes. Aristotle's Poetics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521168686
• ISBN13: 9780521168687
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"