Plato and Aristotle on Poetry. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Peter Burian

Else, Gerald F.

ISBN 10: 0807817082 / ISBN 13: 9780807817087

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London, 1986

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xx 221 pages, indexed. The jacket is chipped at the edges with a series of short closed tears at the head and the pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Plato on poetry. The earlier dialogues -- The Republic -- the later dialogues -- Aristotle's theory of literature. The date of the poetics -- Mimesis -- The development of poetry -- The "parts" of tragedy: plot and action -- The "parts" of tragedy: character and thought -- The"parts" of tragedy: composition in word, music, and appearance -- The tragic side: pity and fear -- The tragic side: peculiar pleasure and Katharsis -- Homer and Epic -- Comedy -- Re?sume?: Aristotle's theory of the poem and the poet".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plato and Aristotle on Poetry. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Peter Burian
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807817082
• ISBN 13: 9780807817087
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Book Description

"Else's treatment here of Platonic aesthetics is the best now available. His detailed review of the principal themes in Aristotle's Poetics provides a concise and intelligent study of the major issues in that work. This imaginative and provocative book deserves wide reading."-- Choice