Poetics (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] Aristotle
Poetics (Penguin Classics) [Paperback] Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 144
Release Date: 01-03-1997
Part Number: 9780140446364
Details: One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the Poetics introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis ('purification'). Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals. The Poetics has informed thinking about drama ever since.Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath
EAN: 9780140446364
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
Languages: English, Ancient Greek
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