Bibliograph

Poetics, Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Kenny

Type

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Poetics, Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Kenny

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xli-xlii) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Poetics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

793581555

Responsibility statement

Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Kenny

Series statement

Oxford world's classics

Summary

Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. This has been the traditional view for centuries. However, recent work is now challenging whether Aristotle focuses on literary theory per se (given that not one poem exists in the treatise) or whether he focuses instead on dramatic musical theory that only has language as one of the elements

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Notes on the texts and translations -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Aristotle -- Outline of the Poetics -- From Plato, Republic, Book 2, 3, and 10 -- Aristotle, Poetics -- From Sir Philip Sidney, An apology for poetry -- From P.B. Shelley, A defence of poetry -- From D.L. Sayers, 'Aristotle on detective fiction' -- A note on metre -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary of key terms -- Index

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