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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101474462367

ISBN-139781474462365

eBay Product ID (ePID)23057273037

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMateriality and Aesthetics in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry

Publication Year2023

SubjectAncient / Greece, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Aesthetics

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Psychology, History

AuthorAmy Mars

SeriesAncient Cultures, New Materialisms Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsMateriality and Aesthetics in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry is a timely intervention in the field of Greek poetics that engages with current theoretical trends with admirable clarity and insight. It is a book that is both vital and full of vitality - a joy to read!

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal881.009

Table Of ContentIntroduction Chapter One: A Beautiful Mind: Patterns of Thought and the Decoration of TextilesI. Poikilia, Polychromy, and Perception IIa. Sensing Fabric in the Acropolis Korai IIb. Visualizing Fabric and Constructing Images in Vase Painting III. Putting the "Hand" into Handicraft: Poikilia and (feminine) thought patterns Chapter Two. Brazen Charm: The Vitality of Archaic Armor I. Affective Armor Ia. Bronze as Light Ib. Heavy Metal: The Sound of Battle IIa. Bodies Nonhuman and Superhuman IIb. A Wall of Armor, A Human Boulder, and Brazen Voices IIc. The Armor of Achilles and Blazing WeaponryIII. Life in/of Metal Chapter Three. Mind Tools: Art, Artifice, and Animation Ia. Paradoxical Poikilia : Labyrinthine Passageways Ib. Poikilia in Miniature Ic. A Wonder to Behold: Pandora in the Theogony IIa. Intelligent Things IIb. Hephaestus' Tools IIIc. The Ships of the Phaeacians and Other "Smart" Objects III. Conclusion: Poikilia and the Riddle of Speech Chapter Four. The Protean Shape of Lyric Poikilia I. The Imaginative Matter of Poikilia : Scintillating Objects in Sappho, Alcman, and Anacreon IIa. Pindaric Poikilia and the Victorious Imagination IIb. Pythian 8, Pythian 10, and Olympian 1 IIc. Olympian 6, Nemean 5, and Nemean 4 III. Visible and Audible Movement: Poikilia 's Scintillating Shape Chapter Five. Metis and the Mechanics of the Mind I. Crafting Cognition with Prometheus II. Metis , the Mother of Invention III. Social Media and the Embodiment(s) of Poikilometis : A Viewing Guide IV. Conclusions Chapter Six. The Materiality of Feminine Guile I. Hera and the kestos himas IIa. Goddesses in Disguise and Divine Assemblages IIb. Aphrodite's Seductive Assemblage in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite IIc. Pandora as dolos II. Killer Style and Tragic Poikilia : Clytemnestra and Medea III. Conclusions ConclusionBibliography

SynopsisCombining New Materialist and cognitive methodologies, Amy Lather shows the different ways in which matter interacted with mind in ancient Greek thought. Her readings centre on the concept of poikilia, a richly multivalent term in Greek aesthetics that is used to characterise artefacts as well as mental activity. By delineating patterns of interaction between living and inorganic beings through the lens of this aesthetic concept, Lather maps a body of canonical texts onto the new critical terrains comprised by the new materialisms and cognitive humanities and reveals the points of intersection between cognitive processes and the material entities produced by them. The result is an innovative contribution to both Classics and New Materialism studies, uncovering the intimate and reciprocal interaction between minds and matter as central to ancient Greek aesthetic experience., Combining New Materialist and cognitive methodologies, Amy Lather shows the different ways in which matter interacted with mind in ancient Greek thought.

LC Classification NumberPA3095