Andrew L. Ford
Andrew Laughlin Ford (born June 9, 1952 ) is an American classical philologist .
Life
He earned a BA with Honors from Cornell University in 1974 and a Ph.D. with Heinrich von Staden at Yale University with the dissertation Early Greek Words for Poetry: ἀοιδή, ἔπος, ποίησις . From 1980 to 1984 he was an instructor at Smith College . From 1984 to 1986 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University Mellon. Since 1987 he has taught as a professor at Princeton University . In 2003 he taught as professeur invité at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales at the Center Louis Gernet , Paris.
His research interests are Greek literature and literary history, Aristotle 's poetics, and ancient literary criticism.
Fonts (selection)
- Homer . The Poetry of the Past . Ithaca 1992, ISBN 0-8014-2700-2 .
- The Origins of Criticism. Literary Culture and Poetic Theory in Classical Greece . Princeton 2002, ISBN 0-691-07485-2 .
- Aristotle as Poet. The song for Hermias and its contexts . Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-973329-3 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ford, Andrew L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ford, Andrew Laughlin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1952 |