J. W. H. Atkins

Literary Criticism in Antiquity

Volume 1, Greek: A Sketch of Its Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1934, this book contains the first volume of Atkins' 'sketch' of the development of ancient literary criticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9781107434639
• ISBN-10: 1107434637
• Artikelnr.: 41609350

Autorenporträt

J. W. H. Atkins was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Aberystwyth

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The beginnings: Aristophanes
3. The attack on poetry: Plato
4. The development of poetic theory: Aristotle
5. The development of rhetorical theory: Isocrates, Aristotle, and Theophrastus
6. The new poetics: Neoptolemus of Parium, Callimachus, and Aristarchus
Index.