Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Poetics: The Philosophy of Poetry: An Anthology of Classic Essays

Poetics: The Philosophy of Poetry: An Anthology of Classic Essays

Beach, J. M.

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1481806440
ISBN13: 9781481806442
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Dec 20 2012
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Growing out of the mytho-poetic devices of oral cultures, specifically within ancient Greece, came a conceptual tradition of poetics - often a formulaic activity whereby an analytical definition of poetry would be put forth followed by a discussion of how poetry worked and why it was (or wasn't) important. The two most influential poetics of the ancient world were authored by two Greek conceptual thinkers writing in a tradition that would come to be known as philosophy: Plato (a student of Socrates) and Plato's brilliant student-successor Aristotle. This book is a collection of famous essays on the theory of poetry from ancient Greece to 19th century England.Meno, by PlatoIon, by PlatoSelections from The Republic, by PlatoChapter IIChapter IIIChapter XThe Poetics, by AristotleAn Apology for Poetry, by Philip SidneyTimber, by Ben JonsonEssays on Poetry, by William Wordsworth1. Of the Principles of Poetry & The 'Lyrical Ballads '2. Of Poetic Diction3. Poetry as a Study4. Of Poetry as Observation & Description5. Of 'The Excursion'Selections from Biographia Literaria, by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA Defence of Poetry, by P. B. Shelley

Also in

Philosophy

View All