Halliwell The Aesthetics of Mimesis

Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2530-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His books include Aristotle's Poetics, the new Loeb translation of the Poetics, Plato: Republic 10, Plato: Republic 5, and Aristophanes: Birds and Other Plays.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halliwell, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Note to the Reader xiii

INTRODUCTION: Mimesis and the History of Aesthetics 1

PART I

CHAPTER ONE

Representation and Reality: Plato and Mimesis 37

CHAPTER TWO

Romantic Puritanism: Plato and the Psychology of Mimesis 72

CHAPTER THREE

Mimesis and the Best Life: Plato's Repudiation of the Tragic 98

CHAPTER FOUR

More Than Meets the Eye: Looking into Plato's Mirror 118

PART II

CHAPTER FIVE

Inside and Outside the Work of Art: Aristotelian Mimesis Reevaluated 151

CHAPTER SIX

The Rewards of Mimesis: Pleasure, Understanding, and Emotion in Aristotle's Aesthetics 177

CHAPTER SEVEN

Tragic Pity: Aristotle and Beyond 207

CHAPTER EIGHT

Music and the Limits of Mimesis: Aristotle versus Philodemus 234

PART III

CHAPTER NINE

Truth or Delusion?The Mimeticist Legacy in Hellenistic Philosophy 263

CHAPTER TEN

Images of Life: Mimesis and Literary Criticism after Aristotle 287

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Renewal and Transformation: Neoplatonism and Mimesis 313

CHAPTER TWELVE

An Inheritance Contested: Renaissance to Modernity 344

Bibliography 383

Index 419

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His books include Aristotle's Poetics, the new Loeb translation of the Poetics, Plato: Republic 10, Plato: Republic 5, and Aristophanes: Birds and Other Plays.