Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
542
Language
English
Published
Apr 14, 1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198158491
ISBN-13
9780198158493
Description
Anagnorisis --recognition--is one of the least familiar terms in Aristotelian poetics, yet it is used to describe one of the most familiar features of drama and narrative fiction. This invaluable study by leading Renaissance scholar Terence Cave is the first to trace the history of the term
and to explore its role in French, German, and English literature as a continuing focus for theoretical reflection.
and to explore its role in French, German, and English literature as a continuing focus for theoretical reflection.
Genres
History