Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses

Publication Data

• Title Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses
• Author R. L. Hunter
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

Aristophanes' Frogs and the critical tradition
Readings of Homer : Euripides' Cyclops
Comic moments
The ugly peasant and the naked virgins : Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On imitation
The grand and the less grand : 'Longinus', On the sublime
Reading for life : Plutarch, 'How the young man should study poetry'.

Topics

• Greek literature :: History and criticism
• 015287391

Critical moments in classical literature : studies in the ancient view of literature and its uses by R. L. Hunter. ISBN 9780521519854. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.