Mimesis in contemporary theory : an interdisciplinary approach. Volume 1. The literary and philosophical debate / editor, Mihai Spariosu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spariosu, Mihai.

Series:

Cultura ludens ; 1:1.

Mimesis in contemporary theory : an interdisciplinary approach ; 1.

Cultura ludens : imitation and play in Western culture ; 1:1

Mimesis in contemporary theory : an interdisciplinary approach ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mimesis in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Literary and philosophical debate

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After almost two hundred years of relative obscurity mimesis finds itself again in the limelight of Western theoretical discourse. In the Anglo-American tradition, mimesis or 'imitation' regained some prominence, at the turn of the century, through S.H. Butcher's translation of and introduction to Aristotle's Poetics, and , in the thirties, through the work of the Chicago school, also centered around Aristotle. More recently, mimesis looms large in the work of Auerbach, Burke and Frye.

Contents:

pt. 1. The literary and philosophical debate

pt. 2. Model and copy (1) : the interrelation of literature and other modes of discourse

pt. 3. Model and copy (2) : the refraction of texts.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-42471-1

9786613424716

90-272-8011-8

OCLC:

769344122