Enargeia in classical antiquity and the early modern age : the aesthetics of evidence /

Enargeia in classical antiquity and the early modern age : the aesthetics of evidence /

The present study provides an extensive treatment of the topic of enargeia on the basis of the classical and humanist sources of its theoretical foundation. These serve as the basis for detailed analyses of verbal and pictorial works of the Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age. Their theoret...

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Main Author: Plett, Heinrich F.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric 4.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223240.

Subjects:

Art and literature.
Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics)
Greek literature > Influence.
Latin literature > Influence.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
ART / Performance
ART / Reference

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Call Number: PN53 .P537 2012eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • I Classical Sources and Their Humanist Reception
  • II Enargeia in Humanist Writings and Its Theoretical Foundation
  • III Shakespeare and Enargeia (A)
  • IV Ekphraseis of Places and Pictures
  • V Enargetic Representations of Persons
  • VI The Poetics of Ekphrasis and Enargeia
  • VII Enargeia in Teichoscopy and Messenger's Report
  • VIII Shakespeare and Enargeia (B)
  • IX Enargeia in Operatic Libretti
  • X Enargeia in Mnemonics and Meditation
  • XI Enargeia and the Visual Arts
  • XII Ut Pictura Poesis
  • XIII Enargeia and Perspective
  • XIV Shakespeare and Enargeia (C)
  • XV Enargeia in Theory and Practice of the Visual and Verbal Arts
  • XVI The Enargeia of Music in Theory and Practice
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography: 'Enargeia' and Related Terms
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.