Literary Theory and Aesthetics

In Pieter D'Hoine & Marije Martijn (eds.), All From One: A Guide to Proclus. Oxford University Press UK (2016)
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After introducing the main Platonic issues in the field of literary theory and aesthetics, the author discusses Proclus’ relationship to the study of literature in late antiquity; his own literary theory and his use of allegorical interpretation; and the wider context of Proclus’ Neoplatonist aesthetics. She shows how his aesthetics pans out in his view of visual art, as referring to higher realities via Homer’s poetry, and of music, including a form of inspired music. The author then moves on to Proclus’ metaphysics of beauty itself, and the relation between transcendent Beauty and the beauty of the universe. She concludes by pointing out the relevance of Proclus’ literary theory and aesthetics for his metaphysics.

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