About this title: In "The Poetics", Aristotle discusses the essential elements of poetry and drama, making the work one of the earliest examples of literary criticism. Acting as both literary theorist and critic, Aristotle examines the Greek epic poetry, tragedy, and comedy of his day, and concludes that poetry is both more philosophical and more important than history.
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Description: Acceptable. May have wear or tear to spine, edges and or cover. Creases in spine. Bent/rounded corners. May have highlighting/notes. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780872200333ISBN:0872200337
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. mild reading wear. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Trade paperback (US). 235 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780872200333ISBN:0872200337
Description: ACCEPTABLE. Neat, careful red pen underlining present in the first 55 pages; remaining pages are clean, unmarked, and flat. Cover has a slight curl to the front right edge, along with tiny corner creases and mild soiling on the back; no tears. Uncreased, straight spine. 071809 (gs) read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc
Date Published: 1987-12
ISBN-13:9780872200333ISBN:0872200337
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780872200333ISBN:0872200337
Description: Very Good- 0872200337. Moderate rubbing & wear to cover; light notation throughout text. A solid reading copy, clean and tightly bound. Classical Studies. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; Bk. 1; 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 Inches; 235 pages. read more
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"How interesting. A complete poem must have reversal and recognition. And the best form of tragedy is when something terrible happens to a good person. And a bunch of references to Greek poets who did not write poetry correctly!"
"I do not recall what I thought of Aristotle's work. I read this when I was quite new to philosophy and poetry, so any influence it had has probably evaporated or else changed form into something unrecognisable from the parent stock."
"Where to start? Honestly, Poetics is one of those books that makes you admire the author while you want to strangle him. This work is highly influential, and you can see its influence in Western Literature in authors such as Shakespeare, Byron, and Miller. It also makes classical literature easy to understand, at least in terms of structure.
In short, if you are interested in literature, you should read this book.
But you will also want to strangle Aristotle. Yes, he's an ancient Greek and woman's lib was years away, but when he says something like, "Even a woman may be good, and also a slave; though the woman may be said to be an inferior being, and the slave quite worthless" or ". . .valour in a woman, or unscrupulous cleverness, is inappropriate" that makes a reader want to travel back in time and cheerfully strangle the b*st**d despite the knowledge of that was how things were back then.
Still, Aristotle's comments on literature, in particular tragedy, are still relevant today. This book is worth reading simply for that."
"I won't say this is the best book on literary theory I've ever read, but it may be the most straightforward. The main reason I give this five stars is that I think it's compulsory reading if you're going to study literature. Too many people quote this work or reference it, sometimes unconsciously. Being aware of what Aristotle has to say can be a great help in grasping what's being said.
If you're writing, it's not the worst thing you can pick up to read, either."
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