Plato on Poetry: Ion; Republic 376e-398b9; Republic 595-608b10

by Plato and Penelope Murray

Book Overview

Prior to publication of this 1996 book, much had been written on Plato as a critic of literature, but no commentaries had appeared in English on the Ion, or the opening books of the Republic in which Plato launches his famous attack on poetry, since the early years of this century. This volume brings together these texts and the relevant section of Republic 10. It aims to provide the reader with a commentary which takes account of modern scholarship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521349818
• ISBN13: 9780521349819
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.3"