Unity in Greek poetics / M. Heath.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Heath, Malcolm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Greek poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
• Poetics.
• Greek poetry.

Physical Description:

184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

This book reconstructs ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. Using literary examples, Heath focuses on ancient secondary texts of literary theory and criticism, providing a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle to the later Neoplatonists. He also reviews the post-classical history of the concept of literary unity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references pages ([163]-170.

ISBN:

0198140592 :

OCLC:

19553783