BIBLIOGRAPHY
The reader will find a very complete bibliography in
“Plato 1950-1957,” by Harold Cherniss in Lustrum (Göt-
tingen, 1959, 1960). Plato's theories of aesthetics and art
are dealt with in Lustrum (1960), 520-54. Cherniss does not
restrict himself to the years indicated, but mentions most
works of importance from about 1930. The vastness of the
literature on our subject can be seen there, and Cherniss'
frank comments are a useful guide; they also bring out the
startling differences between the interpretations of reputa-
ble scholars.
To this we should add: P. Vicaire, Platon, Critique
littéraire (Paris, 1960), a very full study of the subject.
Attention should also be drawn to the chapter on “Plato's
Treatment of Art,” in N. R. Murphy, The Interpretation of
Plato's Republic (Oxford and New York, 1951); the chapter
on Plato in G. M. A. Grube, The Greek and Roman Critics
(Toronto, 1965); and I. M. Crombie, An Examination of
Plato's Doctrines, 2 vols. (London and New York, 1962), I,
143-50, 183-98. A somewhat novel approach will be found
in E. A. Havelock, Preface to Plato (Cambridge, Mass., 1963),
which contends that Greek culture was still very much oral
even in the fourth century, and that this affected the nature
and meaning of Plato's attack upon the poets.
Translations are by the author of this article, unless oth-
erwise identified.
G. M. A. GRUBE
[See also Catharsis; Criticism; Education; Empathy; Har-
mony; Language;
Literature; Mimesis; Myth;
Platonism;
Poetry; Rationality.]
