Description
About the Author
Michael McOsker is an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at the Universitat zu Koeln and, with David Armstrong, editor and translator of Philodemus' On Anger.
Reviews
Provides consistently helpful clarification of the central issues raised by what survives of On Poems. * The Classical Review *
New reconstructions and new editions of Philodemus' five books On Poems are revolutionizing our understanding of how Hellenistic philosophers and critics thought about poetry. The works of Philodemus-Epicurean philosopher, poet, and friend of Vergil, Horace, and other Roman poets-are difficult to approach, and scholars will need an overview of and guide to his thinking about poetry and to the way it flows from his philosophical position. McOsker's book is just such a guide, an intelligent and detailed introduction to the questions Philodemus considers, in particular, what a poem is, what it is for, and what makes it good. This book will be indispensable to further study of Hellenistic and Roman poetics, as well as of Epicurean philosophy. * David Blank, University of California, Los Angeles *
McOsker's book offers a splendid survey and critical account of Epicurean poetics, from the master himself down to our most important source for its entire tradition, Philodemus of Gadara, whose own poems are not only taken into account in McOsker's study of the theories, but are also treated as poems in their own right. Anybody interested in Hellenistic (and hence Latin) literary theory will want to read this book. * David Sider, New York University *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190912819
Author Michael McOsker
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 165mm * 31mm