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Technical ekphrasis in Greek and Roman science and literature: the written machine between Alexandria and Rome

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Ekphrasis is familiar as a rhetorical tool for inducing enargeia, the vivid sense that a reader or listener is actually in the presence of the objects described. This book focuses on the ekphrastic techniques used in ancient Greek and Roman literature to describe technological artifacts. Since the literary discourse on technology extended beyond technical texts, this book explores 'technical ekphrasis' in a wide  Read more...

Author(s): Roby, Courtney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2016

Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Ekphrasis;Rhetoric, Ancient;Literature and science -- Greece;Literature and science -- Rome;Science -- Greece -- History -- To 1500;Science -- Rome -- History -- To 1500;PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical;LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing;LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric;REFERENCE -- Writing Skills;Literature and science;Science;Greece;Rome (Empire)

Introduction: the written machine --
Genres: texts and artifacts --
Cultural contexts --
Ekphrastic complex --
Diagram and artifact --
Description and instruction --
Knowledge and artifact --
Conclusion: the limits of description.