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The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues
Language: en
Pages: 466
Authors: Ruby Blondell
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-06-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book attempts to bridge the gulf that still exists between 'literary' and 'philosophical' interpreters of Plato by looking at his use of characterization.
Philosophy as Drama
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Hallvard Fossheim
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-22 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a new genre. Plato borrows from, as well as rejects, earlier and contemporary authors, and he is
Early Socratic Dialogues
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Emlyn-Jones Chris
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-30 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus,
Platonic Drama and Its Ancient Reception
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Nikos G. Charalabopoulos
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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As prose dramatic texts Plato's dialogues would have been read by their original audience as an alternative type of theatrical composition. The 'paradox' of the
The Gatekeeper: Narrative Voice in Plato's Dialogues
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Margalit Finkelberg
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-22 - Publisher: BRILL

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In The Gatekeeper: Narrative Voice in Plato’s Dialogues Margalit Finkelberg offers the first narratological analysis of all of Plato’s transmitted dialogues