Literary Criticism: A Short History: Classical Criticism

ISBN-13: 9780367692131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 158 str.

William K. Wimsatt Jr; Cleanth Brooks

Opis

First published in 1957, Literary Criticism: A Short History traces our aesthetic heritage from its classical origins up to the contemporary state of criticism in the English-speaking world. Volume One focuses on Classical criticism.

Spis treści

Volume One: Classical Criticism;1: Socrates and the Rhapsode; 2: Aristotle's Answer: Poetry as Structure; 3: Aristotle: Tragedy and Comedy; 4: The Verbal Medium: Plato and Aristotle; 5: Roman Classicism: Horace; 6: Roman Classicism: Longinus; 7: The Neo-Platonic Conclusion: Plotinus and Some Medieval Themes; Index

O autorze

William K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Cleanth Brooks