LEADER 04206nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910809828703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08764-9 010 $a9786612087646 010 $a1-4008-2528-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825288 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756358 035 $a(EBL)445505 035 $a(OCoLC)368344295 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187308 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183003 035 $a(PQKB)11701655 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36085 035 $a(DE-B1597)446355 035 $a(OCoLC)979905157 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825288 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284121 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445505 035 $a(PPN)199244723 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756358 100 $a20020109d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoetics before Plato $einterpretation and authority in early Greek theories of poetry /$fGrace M. Ledbetter 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (142 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09609-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [119]-124) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction: Poetry, Knowledge, and Interpretation -- $tChapter One. Supernatural Knowledge in Homeric Poetics -- $tChapter Two. Hesiod's Naturalism -- $tChapter Three. Pindar: The Poet as Interpreter -- $tChapter Four. Socratic Poetics -- $tChapter Five. Toward a Model of Socratic Interpretation -- $tBibliographic References -- $tIndex 330 $aCombining 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 poetry with earlier literary tradition. Literary theory is usually said to begin with Plato's famous critique of poetry in the Republic. Grace Ledbetter challenges this entrenched assumption by arguing that Plato's earlier dialogues Ion, Protagoras, and Apology introduce a distinctively Socratic theory of poetry that responds polemically to traditional poets as rival theorists. Ledbetter tracks the sources of this Socratic response by introducing separate readings of the poetics implicit in the poetry of Homer, Hesiod, and Pindar. Examining these poets' theories from a new angle that uncovers their literary, rhetorical, and political aims, she demonstrates their decisive influence on Socratic thinking about poetry. The Socratic poetics Ledbetter elucidates focuses not on censorship, but on the interpretation of poetry as a source of moral wisdom. This philosophical approach to interpreting poetry stands at odds with the poets' own theories--and with the Sophists' treatment of poetry. Unlike the Republic's focus on exposing and banishing poetry's irrational and unavoidably corrupting influence, Socrates' theory includes poetry as subject matter for philosophical inquiry within an examined life. Reaching back into what has too long been considered literary theory's prehistory, Ledbetter advances arguments that will redefine how classicists, philosophers, and literary theorists think about Plato's poetics. 606 $aGreek poetry$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aPoetics$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aAuthority in literature 606 $aAesthetics, Ancient 615 0$aGreek poetry$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aPoetics$xHistory 615 0$aAuthority in literature. 615 0$aAesthetics, Ancient. 676 $a881/.0109 700 $aLedbetter$b Grace M.$f1965-$01705640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809828703321 996 $aPoetics before Plato$94092517 997 $aUNINA