| #3494041 in Books | 2007-02-15 | 2007-02-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.1 x5.50l,.46 | File type: PDF | 144 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A remarkably readable, theoretical yet practical approach to interpreting ancient texts!|By Leon Seaman|Malcolm Heath offers a succinct and readable, professional yet personal, theoretical yet practical reflection on interpreting classical texts, including any text of Greco-Roman antiquity. He grounds it in common human interpretive ability, so although the cultural distance o|About the Author||Malcolm Heath is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Leeds. His publications include The Poetics of Greek Tragedy (1987), Political Comedy in Aristophanes (1987), Unity in Greek Poetics (1989) and Hermogenes on Issue
How should I interpret a classical text? However I interpret it, someone else will so do differently, and even the nature of the interpreter's task is a matter of dispute; consensus is not a realistic prospect. Malcolm Heath sees the inevitability of such disagreements, not as a problem to be deplored, but as a constructive force, at once an essential part of the process of enquiry and a reflection of the endless diversity of the questions that interest the readers of...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Interpreting Classical Texts (Classical Essays) | Malcolm Heath.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
