{"product_id":"9781444337648","title":"A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to the Ancient World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Ancient Aesthetics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePierre Destrée | Penelope Murray\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first of its kind, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ancient Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media—oral, aural, visual, and literary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the many ways in which the arts were experienced and conceptualized in the ancient world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual arts together in a single volume\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an integrated perspective on the major themes of ancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaises questions about the similarities and differences between ancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art in society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE EDITORS \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Destrée\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Researcher at the FNRS and Associate Professor at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he teaches ancient philosophy. He is the author of a French translation of Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and editor of \u003ci\u003ePlato and the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (with F.G. Herrmann, 2011), Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths (with C. Collobert and F. Gonzalez, 2012), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Politics (with M. Deslauriers, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Up to Us? Causality and Responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e in Ancient Philosophy (with R. Salles and M. Zingano, 2014).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenelope Murray\u003c\/b\u003e was Senior Lecturer and a founding member of the Department of Classics at the University of Warwick, UK, before retiring in 2008. She continues to work on early Greek poetry and poetics, on philosophical responses to Athenian song-culture, especially the views of Plato, and on ancient literary criticism. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eGenius: The History of an Idea\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1989), \u003ci\u003ePlato on Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eClassical Literary Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and \u003ci\u003eMusic and the Muses: The Culture of Mousike in the Classical Athenian City\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with P. Wilson, 2004). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 July 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444337648\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e552\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314244677772,"sku":"9781444337648","price":197.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444337648.jpg?v=1780238030","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444337648","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}