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Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought and Influence: Commentary, Volume 8: Sources on Rhetoric and Poetics (Texts 666-713)

By William W. Fortenbaugh

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2005
ISBN
9004142479, 9789004142473
ISSN
0079-1687
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (40978237 bytes)
Series
Philosophia Antiqua 97
Pages
x+508\521
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-07-08 10:12:27
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This volume is a commentary on the rhetorical and poetic texts collected in the second volume of Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought, and Influence. The commentary begins with a discussion of the ancient and medieval sources from which the texts are drawn. Next comes discussion of the titles of Theophrastus' works on rhetoric and poetics. After that each text is discussed individually. In sum, Theophrastus is shown to be an important, though sometimes seriously misunderstood, contributor to the development of Greek rhetorical and poetic theory. The commentary concludes with a bibliography of the modern scholary literature followed by several indices: important Greek and Latin words, titles of works (non-Theophrastean as well as Theophrastean), persons and places, and subjects discussed in earlier sections of the commentary.

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