The Origins of Criticism: Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece
One ofChoice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003"Andrew Ford has written lively and sophisticated account of the evolution of criticism as an autonomous activity, and illuminated the origins of the modern-day equivalent of those antique experts in literature--the professional academic. . . . [W]hat distinguishes Ford's work from previous studies is the breadth of his scholarship, the detail of his analysis, and above all his historicist approach."--Penelope Murray,Times Literary Supplement"Andrew Ford has taken on the enormous task of tracing the historical background of critical language and the establishment of criticism as a distinct discilpine. He has executed this task with precision, poignancy, and insightful erudition. . . . [T]his eloquent book will be an instant complement to any study of the history of criticism."--Eustratios Papaioannou,Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Ford collects in this volume much useful information about classica literary criticism from Homer to Aristotle. . . . [An] important volume."--Choice