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[ SOLD OUT ] HALLIWELL, St., The Aesthetics of Mimesis. Ancient Texts and Modern Problems. Princeton University Press, Princeton / Oxford, 2002. XIII,424p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. First pages joint. ‘With wide-ranging erudition, bold philosophical insight, and a vibrant aesthetic sensibility, Stephen Halliwell demonstrates that the ancient Greek tradition of arguing about mimesis is not the crude and single-minded defense of literal copying that many have seen in it. It is, rather, a highly complex tradition of debate and contestation, in which questions of foundational importance about artistic meaning are repeatedly confronted. Moving with graceful assurance from Plato and Aristotle to contemporary reworkings of the tradition by Brecht and Adorno, Barthes and Derrida, Halliwell shows us the depth and fertility of classical arguments. A stunning achievement which will define the subject for many generations.’ (Martha C. Nussbaum). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 0 (Antiquarian)