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The Poetics of Aristotle

The Poetics of Aristotle

Aristotle
Butcher, S. H.

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesPoetry CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1614270368
ISBN13: 9781614270362
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: May 25 2011
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
2011 Reprint of 1911 Fourth and Revised Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Edited with critical notes and a translation by S.H. Butcher. All Greek characters are reproduced. Butcher's translation is one of the better, if not the best, translation of this important on literary theory. Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls poetry (a term which in Greek literally means making and in this context includes drama-comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play-as well as lyric poetry, epic poetry, and the dithyramb). He examines its first principles and identifies its genres and basic elements; his analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of the discussion.

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