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Aristotle - The Poetics - 9781854593337 - V9781854593337
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The Poetics

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Description for The Poetics Paperback. This translation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to make it as accessible as possible. Key words and concepts are glossed within the text so as to disperse with the need for intrusive footnotes. The aim is to allow readers to experience Aristotle's arguments directly for themselves. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Series: Dramatic contexts. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68.

Part of the Nick Hern Books Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.

One of the most influential tracts in world theatre, Aristotle's Poetics is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.

It is the source of the doctrine of the Three Unities – of Time, Place and Action – and the concept of catharsis in tragedy.

Writing only a hundred years after Sophocles and Euripides, Aristotle's insights into Greek drama are endlessly rewarding.

This English translation by Kenneth McLeish makes the famous text more ... Read more

The result is an authoritative text of Aristotle's Poetics that allows readers to experience his arguments directly for themselves.

Also included is a compact introduction by McLeish to Aristotle and his ideas.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Dramatic contexts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854593337
SKU
V9781854593337
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Aristotle
Aristotle (born 384 BC) was a philosopher, pupil of Plato and author of numerous works including his Poetics, one of the most influential tracts in world theatre. Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.

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