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The Origins of Criticism : Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece
The Origins of Criticism Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece
Author: Andrew Ford
By "literary criticism" we usually mean a self-conscious act involving the technical and aesthetic appraisal, by individuals, of autonomous works of art. Aristotle and Plato come to mind. The word "social" does not. Yet, as this book shows, it should--if, that is, we wish to understand where literary criticism as we think of it today came from. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691120256
ISBN-10: 0691120250
Publication Date: 7/19/2004
Pages: 376
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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