Plato as Author

The Rhetoric of Philosophy
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12878-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 789 g

Reihe: Cincinnati Classical Studies. New Series

This collection, focusing on literary aspects of the Platonic dialogues, includes stimulating and diverse essays by scholars from several different fields.
Plato, the critic, satirist, and (perhaps) inventor of "rhetoric" framed his own discourse in complex ways. Republic is a mimetic text that presents a sophisticated analysis of the various types of mimesis; Phaedrus, featuring embedded exemplars of exquisite prose style, includes a severe critique of literary authorship. Texts such as these seem to demand the fullest resources of a sophisticated analysis of discourse.
Essay topics include friendship and desire in the Lysis, Socratic irony in Cratylus, mystery imagery in Phaedrus, and the peculiar couch in Book 10 of Republic. Contributors include Michael Erler, David Gallop, Francisco Gonzalez, Charles Kahn, Andrea Nightingale, and Thomas Szlezák.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michelini, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Ann N. Michelini, Ph.D. (1971) in Classics, Harvard University, is Emerita Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. She is author of Euripides and the Tragic Tradition (Wisconsin, 1987) and articles on tragedy and the Platonic dialogues.