The Poetics Contributor(s): Aristotle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1774410427 ISBN-13: 9781774410424 Publisher: Binker North OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1799 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Collections - Education |
Dewey: 808.2 |
Lexile Measure: 1410 |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 56 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Aristotle's Poetics (Greek: Περὶ ποιητικῆς; Latin: De Poetica; 1] c. 335 BC 2]) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. 3] In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term that derives from a classical Greek term, ποιητής, that means "poet; author; maker" and in this context includes verse drama - comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play - as well as lyric poetry and epic poetry). They are similar in the fact that they are all imitations but different in the three ways that Aristotle describes: Differences in music rhythm, harmony, meter and melody. In examining its "first principles", Aristotle finds two: 1) imitation and 2) genres and other concepts by which that of truth is applied/revealed in the poesis. His analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of the discussion. 4] Although Aristotle's Poetics is universally acknowledged in the Western critical tradition, "almost every detail about his seminal work has aroused divergent opinions". 5] The work was lost to the Western world for a long time. It was available in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through a Latin translation of an Arabic version written by Averroes. |