Poetics before Plato: Interpretation and Authority in Early Greek Theories of Poetry Book

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Poetics before Plato: Interpretation and Authority in Early Greek Theories of Poetry, Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view of poetry and the first to connect the Socratic view of p, Poetics before Plato: Interpretation and Authority in Early Greek Theories of Poetry

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Poetics before Plato: Interpretation and Authority in Early Greek Theories of Poetry
Written by author Grace M. Ledbetter
Published by Princeton University Press, October 2002
Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view of poetry and the first to connect the Socratic view of p
"This is an excellent book that should change the ways in which we approach Plato's views on art, especially literature. Ledbetter unearths many riches as she places Socrates, and by implication Plato, in the context of what poets and other literary figur

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Introduction: Poetry, Knowledge, and Interpretation 1
Ch. 1 Supernatural Knowledge in Homeric Poetics 9
Poetry and Knowledge 15
The Object of Knowledge 19
The Poet 22
The Audience 26
The Sirens 27
Does the Theory Apply to the Poem? 34
Ch. 2 Hesiod's Naturalism 40
Poetry and Skepticism 42
Poetic Therapy as Mimesis 48
Personality in Hesiod 54
Ch. 3 Pindar: The Poet as Interpreter 62
Poetry, Truth, and Deception 68
Poetry and Its Effect 74
Ch. 4 Socratic Poetics 78
A Rhapsode's Knowledge 79
Ion's Virtuosity 84
Poetic Inspiration and Socratic Interpretation (533d-536d) 87
The Rhapsode's Speech (536d-542b) 95
Ch. 5 Toward a Model of Socratic Interpretation 99
Protagoras as Critic 101
Socrates as Sophistic Interpreter 104
The Puzzle 108
Socrates against the Sophists 111
The Oracle, a Socratic Interpretation 114
Bibliographic References 119
Index 125

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	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction: Poetry, Knowledge, and Interpretation	1
Ch. 1	Supernatural Knowledge in Homeric Poetics	9
	Poetry and Knowledge	15
	The Object of Knowledge	19
	The Poet	22
	The Audience	26
	The Sirens	27
	Does the Theory Apply to the Poem?	34
Ch. 2	Hesiod's Naturalism	40
	Poetry and Skepticism	42
	Poetic Therapy as Mimesis	48
	Personality in Hesiod	54
Ch. 3	Pindar: The Poet as Interpreter	62
	Poetry, Truth, and Deception	68
	Poetry and Its Effect	74
Ch. 4	Socratic Poetics	78
	A Rhapsode's Knowledge	79
	Ion's Virtuosity	84
	Poetic Inspiration and Socratic Interpretation (533d-536d)	87
	The Rhapsode's Speech (536d-542b)	95
Ch. 5	Toward a Model of Socratic Interpretation	99
	Protagoras as Critic	101
	Socrates as Sophistic Interpreter	104
	The Puzzle	108
	Socrates against the Sophists	111
	The Oracle, a Socratic Interpretation	114
	Bibliographic References	119
	Index	125