Stephen E. Kidd

Play and Aesthetics in Ancient Greece (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the connections between art and play in ancient Greek thought, especially that of Plato and Aristotle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108588454
• Artikelnr.: 70908370

Autorenporträt

Stephen E. Kidd is Robert Gale Noyes Assistant Professor of Classics at Brown University, Rhode Island, where his work focuses on ancient Greek literature and culture, especially that of the classical period. He is the author of Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy (Cambridge, 2014) as well as articles on the meanings of Greek words, ancient games, science, and what Herodotus has to say about virtual worlds.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Pais of Paiz¿: children, intoxication, and play in ancient psycho-physiology
2. Why Plato needs play
3. Plato's play and the tragic paradox
4. What do pleasure-objects do? An inquiry into toys
5. Aristotle's demotion of play
6. Play vs. mimesis in Aristotle's aesthetics
7. Serious play as goal-oriented play
8. The value of serious things before and after death
Conclusions: toward a pleasure-model of play
Bibliography
Index.