Plato and the poets

Plato's discussions of poetry and the poets stand at the cradle of Western literary criticism. Plato is, paradoxically, both the philosopher who cites, or alludes to, works of poetry more than any other, and the one who is at the same time the harshest critic of poetry. The nineteen essays pres...

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Other Authors: Destrée, Pierre., Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 328.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Plato > Criticism and interpretation.

Plato > Knowledge > Poetry.

Classical poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc.

Criticism > History.