"Of the Presocratic thinkers traditionally credited with the foundation of Greek philosophy, Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles are exceptional for writing in verse. This is the first book-length, literary critical study of their work. It locates the surviving fragments in their performative...

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1. Verfasser:	Mackenzie, Tom ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
Ausgabe:	First paperback edition
Schlagworte:	Xenophanes > v570-v460 Empedocles > ca. v483-v423 Parmenides > v515-v445 Lyrik Poetik Vorsokratiker Literatur Xenophanes / approximately 570 B.C.-approximately 478 B.C. Parmenides Empedocles Didactic poetry, Greek / History and criticism Greek poetry / History and criticism Pre-Socratic philosophers Didactic poetry, Greek Greek poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	"Of the Presocratic thinkers traditionally credited with the foundation of Greek philosophy, Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles are exceptional for writing in verse. This is the first book-length, literary critical study of their work. It locates the surviving fragments in their performative and wider cultural contexts, applying intertextual and intratextual analyses in order to reconstruct the significance and impact they conveyed for ancient audiences and readers. Building on insights from literary theory and the philosophy of literature, the book sheds new light on these authors' philosophical projects and enriches our appreciation of their works as literary artefacts. It also expands our knowledge of the genres in which they wrote, of the literary culture of the Western Greek world, and of the development of Greek poetics from the Archaic to the Classical Periods, exposing the influence of these thinkers on more famous Sophistic and Platonic ideas about literature"--
Beschreibung:	xiii, 238 Seiten
ISBN:	9781108925846