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Author: Aristotle
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ISBN: 1854593331

Poetics (Dramatic contexts)

Aristotle was a pupil of Plato and author of numerous works on logic, the natural world and human society. Get Poetics literature books for free.
He approaches poetry (drama) not as a literary critic but as an analytical philosopher. "Poetics" is credited as the source of the Aristotelian doctrine of the three unities - time, place and action - but in fact insists on only one of them. Much of its analysis of tragedy is questionable, though the idea of catharsis, of being "purged" by our experience of tragedy, has taken hold of the modern mind. This translation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to make it as accessible as possible without cutting or paraphrasing. Key words and concepts are glossed within the text so as to disperse with the need for intrusive footnotes. The aim is to Check Poetics our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

Poetics Free

He approaches poetry (drama) not as a literary critic but as an analytical philosopher. "Poetics" is credited as the source of the Aristotelian doctrine of the three unities - time, place and action - but in fact insists on only one of them. Much of its analysis of tragedy is questionable, though the idea of catharsis, of being "purged" by our experience of tragedy, has taken hold of the modern mind. This translation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to make it as accessible as possible without cutting or paraphrasing The aim is to

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