Enargeia in Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age : The Aesthetics of Evidence.
Title:
Enargeia in Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age : The Aesthetics of Evidence.
Author:
Plett, Heinrich F.
ISBN:
9789004231184
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Series:
International Studies in the History of Rhetoric
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Chapter One Classical Sources and Their Humanist Reception -- Chapter Two Enargeia in Humanist Writings and Its Theoretical Foundation -- Chapter Three Shakespeare and Enargeia (A) -- Chapter Four Ekphraseis of Places and Pictures -- Chapter Five Enargetic Representations of Persons -- Chapter Six The Poetics of Ekphrasis and Enargeia -- Chapter Seven Enargeia in Teichoscopy and Messenger's Report -- Chapter Eight Shakespeare and Enargeia (B) -- Chapter Nine Enargeia in Operatic Libretti -- Chapter Ten Enargeia in Mnemonics and Meditation -- Chapter Eleven Enargeia and the Visual Arts -- Chapter Twelve Ut Pictura Poesis -- Chapter Thirteen Enargeia and Perspective -- Chapter Fourteen Shakespeare and Enargeia (C) -- Chapter Fifteen Enargeia in Theory and Practice of the Visual and Verbal Arts -- Chapter Sixteen The Enargeia of Music in Theory and Practice -- Epilogue -- Bibliography: 'Enargeia' and Related Terms -- Indices -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
Abstract:
The present study provides an extensive treatment of the topic of enargeia on the basis of the classical and humanist sources of its theoretical foundation. These serve as the basis for detailed analyses of verbal and pictorial works of the Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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