Technical ekphrasis in Greek and Roman science and literature : the written machine between Alexandria and Rome /

Ekphrasis is familiar as a rhetorical tool for inducing enargeia, the vivid sense that a reader or listener is actually in the presence of the objects described. This book focuses on the ekphrastic techniques used in ancient Greek and Roman literature to describe technological artifacts. Since the l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roby, Courtney, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2016]
Temas:
To 1500
Ekphrasis.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Literature and science > Greece.
Literature and science > Rome.
Science > Greece > History > To 1500.
Science > Rome > History > To 1500.
Rhétorique ancienne.
Littérature et sciences > Grèce.
Littérature et sciences > Rome.
Sciences > Grèce > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Sciences > Rome > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
ekphrasis.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Ekphrasis
Literature and science
Rhetoric, Ancient
Science
Greece
Rome (Empire)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the written machine
  • Genres: texts and artifacts
  • Cultural contexts
  • Ekphrastic complex
  • Diagram and artifact
  • Description and instruction
  • Knowledge and artifact
  • Conclusion: the limits of description.

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