Andrew Ford: The Origins of Criticism

Cover: 9780691120256 | The Origins of Criticism | Andrew Ford | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2004

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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. Andrew Ford offers a new understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. He pinpoints when and how, later in the Greek tradition than is usually assumed, poetry was studied as a discipline with its own principles and methods.

The Origins of Criticism complements the usual, history-of-ideas approach to the topic precisely by treating criticism as a social as well as a theoretical activity. With unprecedented and penetrating detail, Ford considers varying scholarly interpretations of the key texts discussed. Examining Greek discussions of poetry from the late sixth century B.C. through the rise of poetics in the late fourth, he asks when we first can recognize anything like the modern notions of literature as imaginative writing and of literary criticism as a special knowledge of such writing.

Serving as a monumental preface to Aristotle's Poetics, this book allows readers to discern the emergence, within the manifold activities that might be called criticism, of the historically specific discourse on poetry that has shaped subsequent Western approaches to literature.

Über den Autor

Andrew Ford is a dynamic professional with a rich backgroundin digital marketing and education. He is the CEO and ManagingDirector of Social Star and CampusLife, based in Melbourne,Victoria, Australia. With over 15 years of corporate experience andmore than 12 years in industry education, Andrew has become astrategic marketer who helps services businesses leverage digitalmarketing to attract clients, staff, and partnerships.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Gattungen & Methoden , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780691120256
ISBN-10:	0691120250
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ford, Andrew
Hersteller:	Princeton University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrew Ford
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.08.2004
Gewicht:	0,636 kg

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