Plato and the poets
By: edited by Pierre Destrée, Fritz-Gregor Herrmann
Series: Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature -- 328
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9789004201293
Subjects: Criticism; Versdichtung; Literature; Theory; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation; Poetry; History and criticism; Greek poetry; Knowledge; History; Classical poetry; Literaturkritik
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-423) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Pierre Destree and Fritz-Gregor Herrmann; title: What ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry?  -- Glenn W. Most; title: Poetry in Plato's Gorgias  -- Fritz-Gregor Herrmann; title: Poetry as flawed reproduction: possession and mimesis  -- Catherine Collobert; title: Plato's Ion and the ethics of praise  -- Carlotta Capuccino; title: The hermeneutics of madness: poet and philosopher in Plato's Ion and Phaedrus  -- Francisco J. Gonzalez; title: Inspiration and inspired poets in Plato's dialogues  -- Stefan Büttner; title: Plato, poetry and creativity  -- Dominic Scott; title: Poets at the symposium  -- Elizabeth Belfiore; title: Tragedy, women and the family in Plato's Republic  -- Penelope Murray; title: Mimesis and psychological change in Republic III  -- Gabriel Richardson Lear; title: Poets and mimesis in the Republic  -- Jera Marušič; title: Antidotes and incantations: is there a cure for poetry in Plato's Republic?  -- Stephen Halliwell; title: Poetry, thumos and pity in the Republic  -- Pierre Destrée; title: Soul division and mimesis in Republic X  -- Rachel Singpurwalla; title: Image-making in Republic X and the Sophist  -- Noburu Notomi; title: A transfer of energy: lyric eros in Phaedrus  -- Elisabeth Pender; title: Myth and poetry in the Timaeus  -- Gretchen Reydams-Schils; title: Correctness' and poetic knowledge: choric poetry in the Laws  -- Antony Hatzistavrou; title: Legislation as a tragedy (on Plato's Laws vii, 817b-d) -- Suzanne Sauvé Meyer.