Poetry and Poetics in the Presocratic Philosophers : Reading Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles as Literature

The first book-length, literary-critical study of the Presocratic philosopher-poets, Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles. Sheds new light on these authors' philosophical projects and enriches our appreciation of their works as literary artefacts, also arguing that they played an important role in the development of Greek poetics.

• | : Tom Mackenzie (University College London)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 30, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108925847
• | ISBN-13: 9781108925846