Lucretius and Modernity [electronic resource] : Epicurean Encounters Across Time and Disciplines / edited by Jacques Lezra, Liza Blake.
Lucretius and Modernity
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137566577 978-1-137-56657-7
Yer Numarası
EK/2469
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2016.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VII, 225 p. online resource.
Dizi
The New Antiquity, 2946-3025
Özet, vb.
Lucretius's long shadow falls across the disciplines of literary history and criticism, philosophy, religious studies, classics, political philosophy, and the history of science. The best recent example is Stephen Greenblatt's popular account of the Roman poet's De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) rediscovery by Poggio Bracciolini, and of its reception in early modernity, winner of both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Despite the poem's newfound influence and visibility, very little cross-disciplinary conversation has taken place. This edited collection brings together essays by distinguished scholars to examine the relationship between Lucretius and modernity. Key questions weave this book's ideas and arguments together: What is the relation between literary form and philosophical argument? How does the text of De rerum natura allow itself to be used, at different historical moments and to different ends? What counts as reason for Lucretius? Together, these essays present a nuanced, skeptical, passionate, historically sensitive, and complicated account of what is at stake when we claim Lucretius for modernity.
Konu
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
European literature.
History, Ancient.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
Poetry.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
European Literature.
Classical Studies.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
European literature.
History, Ancient.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
Poetry.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
European Literature.
Classical Studies.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Diğer Yazarlar
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
