Poetics Revised Edition Contributor(s): Aristotle (Author) |
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ISBN: 048629577X ISBN-13: 9780486295770 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: In one of the most perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history, third century B.C. Greek philosopher Aristotle examines the literature of his time, describing the origins of poetry as an imitative art and drawing attention to the distinctions between comedy and tragedy. Aristotle helped establish the foundations of Western philosophy, and his influence is evident in philosophical thought today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
Dewey: 808.2 |
LCCN: 96047116 |
Lexile Measure: 1410 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.18" W x 8.36" (0.12 lbs) 64 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Among the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle's Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute and lyre playing. Aristotle's conception of tragedy, i.e. the depiction of a heroic action that arouses pity and fear in the spectators and brings about a catharsis of those emotions, has helped perpetuate the Greek ideal of drama to the present day. Similarly, his dictums concerning unity of time and place, the necessity for a play to have a beginning, middle, and end, the idea of the tragic flaw and other concepts have had enormous influence down through the ages. |