Plato and the traditions of ancient literature : the silent stream /

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Author / Creator:	Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	vii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato -- Criticism and interpretation. Plato -- Influence. Plato. Greek literature -- History and criticism. Greek literature -- Appreciation. Greek literature. Greek literature -- Appreciation. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8775100

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ISBN:	9781107012929 (hardback) 1107012929 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates' defence, Plato's rich style and the criticisms it attracted and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their richly comic texts. The scene for these case studies is set through a thorough examination of how the tradition constructed the relationship between Plato and Homer, of how Plato adapted poetic forms of imagery to his philosophical project in the Republic, to shared techniques of representation between poet and philosopher and to foreshadowings of later modes of criticism in Plato's Ion. This is a major contribution to Platonic studies, to the history of Platonic reception from the fourth century BC to the third century AD and to the literature of the Second Sophistic"--

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