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Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts Peter Struck
Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts
Peter Struck
Nearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the text. Is this the way the ancients saw poetry? In Birth of the Symbol, Peter Struck explores the ancient Greek literary critics and theorists who invented the idea of the poetic "symbol." The book notes that Aristotle and his followers di
312 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 10, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691162263 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 510 g |
| Language | English |
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