Literary Criticism in Antiquity: A Sketch of Its Development: Graeco-Roman

ISBN-13: 9780367764135 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 374 str.

J. W. H. Atkins

Opis

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

Spis treści

1. The Critical Beginnings at Rome and the Classical Reaction: Terence, Lucilius and Cicero 2. Classicism Established in Poetic Theory: Phiodemus and Horace 3. Classicism and Prose Style: Dionysius of Halicarnassus 4. The Literary Decline and Contemporary Comments: Tractatus Coslinianus, the two Senecas, Persius and Petronius 5. The Critical Revival and Theories of Style: Tacitus and Demetrius 6. The New Critical Outlook and Methods: Longinus 7. The Restatement of Classicism: Quintilian 8. Critical Cross-Currents: martial, the younger Pliny, Plutarch, Dio Chrysostom and Lucian 9. Conclusion

O autorze

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