Plato and the poets / edited by Pierre Destree, Fritz-Gregor Herrmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Destrée, Pierre.

Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; 328.

Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 0169-8958 ; 328

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato--Criticism and interpretation.

Plato.

Plato--Knowledge--Poetry.

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

Greek poetry.

Classical poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Classical poetry.

Literature--Philosophy--History.

Literature.

Criticism--History.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 434 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plato’s discussions of poetry and the poets stand at the cradle of Western literary criticism. Plato is, paradoxically, both the philosopher who cites, or alludes to, works of poetry more than any other, and the one who is at the same time the harshest critic of poetry. The nineteen essays presented here aim to offer various avenues to this paradox, and to illuminate the ways poetry and the poets are discussed by Plato throughout his writing career, from the Apology and the Ion to the Laws. As well as throwing new light on old topics, such as mimesis and poetic inspiration, the volume introduces fresh approaches to Plato’s philosophy of poetry and literature.

Contents:

Introduction / Pierre Destree and Fritz-Gregor Herrmann

What ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry? / Glenn W. Most

Poetry and rhetoric in the Gorgias / Fritz-Gregor Herrmann

Poetry as flawed reproduction: possession and mimesis / Catherine Collobert

Plato's Ion and the ethics of praise / Carlotta Capuccino

The hermeneutics of madness: poet and philosopher in Ion, and Phaedrus / Francisco J. Gonzalez

Inspiration and inspired poets / Stefan Buttner

Plato, poetry and creativity / Dominic Scott

Poets at the symposium / Elisabeth Belfiore

Tragedy, women and the family in the Republic / Penelope Murray

Mimesis and psychological change in Republic III / Gabriel Richardson Lear

Poets and mimesis in the Republic / Jera Marusic

Antidotes and incantations: is there a cure for poetry in Plato's Republic? / Stephen Halliwell

Tragedy, pity and thumos in the Republic / Pierre Destree

Soul division and mimesis in Republic X / Rachel Singpurwalla

Image-making in Republic X and the Sophist / Noburu Notomi

A transfer of energy: lyric eros in Phaedrus / Elisabeth Pender

Myth and poetry in the Timaeus / Gretchen Reydams-Schils

Correctness' and poetic knowledge: choric poetry in the Laws / Antony Hatzistavrou

Legislation as a tragedy (on Laws vii, 817b-d) / Suzanne Sauve-Meyer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12083-6

9786613120830

90-04-20183-1

OCLC:

727950106

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004201293.i-434 DOI