Aesthetic experiences and classical antiquity :

by Grethlein, Jonas, Physical details: pages cm ISBN:9781107192652 (hardback).
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Ancient. | Arts, Classical -- Philosophy. | Classical antiquities in art. | Classical literature -- History and criticism. | Classical antiquities in literature. | HISTORY / Ancient / General.
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Circulating Philip Becker Goetz Library
BH108 .G74 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Prologue: the Sirens' song; 1. Introduction: the 'as-if' of aesthetic experience. Part I. Narratives: 2. Narratives: experiencing time; 3. The reconfiguration of time in Heliodorus' Ethiopica; 4. Beyond Heliodorus: Francois Ozon, Dans la maison; Part II. Pictures: 5. Pictures: the detached gaze; 6. Seeing (in) ancient vases; 7. Beyond ancient vase-painting: Rabih Mroue, The Fall of a Hair; Epilogue: the Sirens in Los Angeles.

"In this bold book, Jonas Grethlein proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. Ancient material, he argues, has the capacity to challenge and re-orientate current debates. Comparisons with modern art and literature help to balance the historicism of classical scholarship with transcultural theoretical critique. Grethlein discusses ancient narratives and pictures in order to explore the nature of aesthetic experience. While our responses to both narratives and pictures are vicarious, the 'as-if' on which they are premised is specifically shaped by the form of the representation. Form emerges as a key to how narratives and pictures constitute an important means of engaging with experience. Combining theoretical reflections with close readings, this book will appeal to textual scholars as well as to art historians"--

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