| The Door Ajar: False Closure in Greek and Roman Literature and Art Contributor(s): Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin (Editor), Grewing, Farouk F. (Editor), Kirichenko, Alexander (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3825356973 ISBN-13: 9783825356972 Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| LCCN: 2013465365 |
| Series: Bibliothek Der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, Neue Fol |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 367 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When is "closure" in fact "false closure", the deceptive opposite of apparent conclusion or perfection? 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Don Fowler's seminal essay "First Thoughts on Closure: Problems and Prospects" (MD 22: 75-122), a work that contributed greatly to bringing about a broad reconsideration in Ancient literary studies of the concept of closure whether understood as an ontological feature, an aesthetic concept, an appreciative inclination on the part of a work's audience or a psychological desire of the individual to control the "text" at hand. The present volume, 'The Door Ajar: False Closure in Greek and Roman Literature and Art', seeks to mark both a debt to the ongoing influence of Fowler's work, and to frame a future discourse on false closure in particular as an artistic phenomenon. |