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The Aesthetics of Mimesis Ancient Texts and Modern Problems

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

The Aesthetics of Mimesis Ancient Texts and Modern Problems

By Stephen Halliwell

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About the book

Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plato and Aristotle, but also in later Greco-Roman philosophy and criticism, and subsequently in many areas of aesthetic controversy from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Combining classical scholarship, philosophical analysis, and the history of i...Show more

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9780691092584

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Aesthetics of Mimesis Ancient Texts and Modern Problems

Format

Paperback

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