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Hedrick, Robert E., III.

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Seeing the unseeable: The philosophical and rhetorical concept of enargeia at work in Latin poetry.

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Title/Author:	Seeing the unseeable: The philosophical and rhetorical concept of enargeia at work in Latin poetry./
Author:	Hedrick, Robert E., III.
Description:	263 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-10A(E).
Subject:	Classical literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3705829
ISBN:	9781321792041

Seeing the unseeable: The philosophical and rhetorical concept of enargeia at work in Latin poetry.
Hedrick, Robert E., III.

Seeing the unseeable: The philosophical and rhetorical concept of enargeia at work in Latin poetry. - 263 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2015.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation examines the Hellenistic concept of enargeia (self-evidence/vividness) in both its philosophical and literary dimensions and then applies this concept to a close reading of Lucretius' De rerum natura. I argue that the theory of enargeia provides an important model for understanding the epistemological themes of this epic poem. My study offers a history of the concept from its origins in Homeric poetry through its development as a philosophical term in Plato and Aristotle, before turning to examine the theory enargeia in epistemology, rhetoric, and literary theory in the Hellenistic period. Based on the foundation of these Hellenistic theories, I turn to a discussion of the stylistic effect of enargeia and the link between seeing and knowing in Lucretius. I illustrate how vivid imagery often serves to inspire knowledge in both the reader and the didactic addressee, Memmius. According to Epicurean (and Stoic philosophy), vision and sense-perception of self-evident facts ultimately provide the basis for knowledge. I maintain that we can see this same framework underpin Lucretius' rhetorical strategies, his descriptions, and the way that he guides us as readers to imagine the poetic subjects before our mind's eye.

ISBN: 9781321792041Subjects--Topical Terms:

595959
Classical literature.

Seeing the unseeable: The philosophical and rhetorical concept of enargeia at work in Latin poetry.
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520 $a By noticing how enargeia plays a role in Lucretius' philosophy and poetics, we can better understand the way Hellenistic thought continued to influence Latin literature. Through the lens of rhetorical and philosophical theory, I draw important conclusions about the epistemological themes in the poem and how they influence the reader's response. This lens seems entirely appropriate, as Lucretius would have been thoroughly familiar with enargeia through his study of philosophy, rhetoric, and literature. An especially helpful result of my study is that it offers a way to integrate various dimensions of ancient thought---philosophical, rhetorical, literary, and historical---with one another. By considering the topic of enargeia, I show that these dimensions are not separate from each other, but rather they allow us to glimpse how various fields of thought interacted and continued to be appropriated and applied in the creation of poetry in the later Republic, into the imperial age, and throughout the Western tradition. This interdisciplinary approach helps us to draw conclusions about the intellectual background of Lucretius, however my findings and methodology can also be understood to apply for other Latin writers, most importantly Virgil, as I illustrate through a brief study of the end of the Aeneid in my closing chapter.
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