Mats Malm, The Soul of Poetry Redefined - Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism 238 p. EAN 9788763537421 $43.00 Présentation de l'éditeur : What is the soul of poetry? Perhaps the most influential answer comes from Aristotle’s Poetics , in which the writer regarded poetry as an instance of mimesis, a kind of representation or simulation. However, despite the significance he gave the term, Aristotle's use of the word mimesis was far from unequivocal, and over the centuries that have followed this inconsistency has stimulated a wealth of interpretations and debate. Tracking Poetics from its birth in rhetorical studies to its reception across the centuries until romanticism, Mats Malm here examines the many different ways scholars—from Averroës to Schlegel—have understood mimesis, looking at how these various interpretations have led to very different definitions of the soul of poetry. Table des matières : Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction The soul of poetry—the definition of mimesis Mimetic variations Overview 1. Aristotle Two instances of mimesis Poetics—rhetoric Plato’s categories Probability—verisimilitude Points of departure ADAPTATIONS 2. Averroës’s adaptation (12th–13th century) The poetics of visuality The place of metaphor Averroës and the soul The soul of poetry: muthos replaced by lexis 3. Mathias Lincopensis: Representation and revelation (14th century) Master Mathias on literary presentation From mimesis to representatio : fiction boiled down to metaphor Revelation and poetics 4. The Italian Renaissance (16th–17th century) Robortello Castelvetro Towards a new poetics of diction Tesauro The ambiguity of imitation—the ambiguity of verisimilitude 5. French classicism and the necessity of probability (17th century) Corneille Racine 6. The principle and polemics of the fine arts (18th century) Charles Batteux: the fine arts reduced to a single principle Fiction—representation Poësie des choses and poësie du style Schlegel’s critique 7. The nachleben of imitation (early 19th century) BEYOND ARISTOTELIAN CONCEPTS 8. The technique of the sublime (3rd–18th century) The explicit argument The implicit argument The figure of the sublime The terminology of the sublime Fantasy merges with fantasy 9. The symbol and the categories of rhetoric Definitions of the symbol Outside the system of tropes The word symbol Poetry, painting, symbolism and visuality 10. Emotions and the system of genres The instrumental emotions The emotions turned into objects of poetry From instrument to object—to soul Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Lire un compte-rendu par Richard F. Hardin (Université du Kansas) : http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-03-04.html
Mats Malm, The Soul of Poetry Redefined - Vacillations of Mimesis from Aristotle to Romanticism 238 p. EAN 9788763537421 $43.00 Présentation de l'éditeur : What is the soul of poetry? Perhaps the most influential answer comes from Aristotle’s Poetics , in which the writer regarded poetry as an instance of mimesis, a kind of representation or simulation. However, despite the significance he gave the term, Aristotle's use of the word mimesis was far from unequivocal, and over the centuries that have followed this inconsistency has stimulated a wealth of interpretations and debate. Tracking Poetics from its birth in rhetorical studies to its reception across the centuries until romanticism, Mats Malm here examines the many different ways scholars—from Averroës to Schlegel—have understood mimesis, looking at how these various interpretations have led to very different definitions of the soul of poetry. Table des matières : Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction The soul of poetry—the definition of mimesis Mimetic variations Overview 1. Aristotle Two instances of mimesis Poetics—rhetoric Plato’s categories Probability—verisimilitude Points of departure ADAPTATIONS 2. Averroës’s adaptation (12th–13th century) The poetics of visuality The place of metaphor Averroës and the soul The soul of poetry: muthos replaced by lexis 3. Mathias Lincopensis: Representation and revelation (14th century) Master Mathias on literary presentation From mimesis to representatio : fiction boiled down to metaphor Revelation and poetics 4. The Italian Renaissance (16th–17th century) Robortello Castelvetro Towards a new poetics of diction Tesauro The ambiguity of imitation—the ambiguity of verisimilitude 5. French classicism and the necessity of probability (17th century) Corneille Racine 6. The principle and polemics of the fine arts (18th century) Charles Batteux: the fine arts reduced to a single principle Fiction—representation Poësie des choses and poësie du style Schlegel’s critique 7. The nachleben of imitation (early 19th century) BEYOND ARISTOTELIAN CONCEPTS 8. The technique of the sublime (3rd–18th century) The explicit argument The implicit argument The figure of the sublime The terminology of the sublime Fantasy merges with fantasy 9. The symbol and the categories of rhetoric Definitions of the symbol Outside the system of tropes The word symbol Poetry, painting, symbolism and visuality 10. Emotions and the system of genres The instrumental emotions The emotions turned into objects of poetry From instrument to object—to soul Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Lire un compte-rendu par Richard F. Hardin (Université du Kansas) : http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-03-04.html