Socrates at Verse and Other Philosophical Poems

by Christopher Norris

These poems by a well-known philosopher and literary theorist take a lead from Plato's intriguing account of how Socrates turned to composing verse during his last few days despite having famously denounced its corrupting moral, social and political effects. Writing as a convinced formalist, Christopher Norris deploys a range of meters, stanza-forms and rhyme-schemes by way of exploring how the discipline of verse might relate to that of philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643171593
• ISBN13: 9781643171593
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Parlor Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"