New translation of Aristotle's keystone of Western dramatic criticism.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
Original Language: Greek
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A Classical masterpiece!,
By Nizar Hermes (the University of Northern Iowa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Poetics (Paperback)
Aristotle's Poetics is hailed as the first systematic critical theory in the world. For centuries and centuries, it has inspired writers, critics, and philosophers alike. Aristotle, the father of critics, as many would exalt him, sets the rules for many key literary genres such as Tragedy, Comedy, and Epic. Through comparing and contrasting these classical genres, Aristotle convincingly argues for the highness and greatness of tragedy, as the most mimetic literary genre. Thanks to Aristotle, we are introduced to such eternally important critical terms such as mimesis(imitation), muthos(plot), anagnorisis(discovery), peripeteia(reversal),hamartia(misjudgment), catharsis(purgation). In other words, Aristotle's Poetics is the bible for critics, playwrights, and fans of tragic literature.
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Aristotle was a Macedonian, son of the royal physician to King Philip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oedipus Tyrannos New!
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Aristotle was a Macedonian, son of the royal physician to King Philip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oedipus Tyrannos New!
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- The Thebans: Play I Oedipus Tyrannos by Sophocles on 8 pages
- Women of Troy (Drama Classics) by Ken McLeish on page 9, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer on page 7, and Back Matter
- Greek Tragedy (Yale Classical Studies) (Vol.25) by T. F. Gould on page 11
- The Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides on page 22
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