Poetics before Plato
Subtitle: interpretation and authority in early Greek theories of poetry
By: Grace M. Ledbetter.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Greek poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Poetics -- History -- To 1500.; Authority in literature.; Aesthetics, Ancient.
Description: "Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view of poetry and the first to connect the Socratic view of poetry with earlier literary tradition."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-124) and index.