![]() | Poetics before Plato Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view of poetry and the first to connect the Socratic view of poetry with earlier literary tradition. Grace M. Ledbetter is Associate Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Swarthmore College. |
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