Poetics

Informationen zum Autor Sir Anthony Kenny is a distinguished philosopher whose books include The Aristotelian Ethics (1978), Aristotle's Theory of the Will (1979), and Aristotle on the Perfect Life (1992). His most recent book is A New History of Western Philosophy (2010). For Oxford World's Classics he has translated Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics. Klappentext A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny's new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers and a wide-ranging introduction. Zusammenfassung A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny's new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers and a wide-ranging introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Note on the Texts and Translation Select Bibliography Chronology of Aristotle Outline of the Poetics from Plato's Republic, Books II, III, and X Aristotle's Poetics from Sir Philip Sidney's Apology for Poetry from P. B. Shelley's Defence of Poetry from Dorothy L. Sayers's Aristotle on Detective Fiction Explanatory Notes Note on Metre Glossary of Key Terms Index

Product details

• Authors: Aristotle, Anthony Kenny
• Assisted by: Anthony Kenny (Translation), Anthony (Emeritus Fellow of St John's College Kenny (Translation), Kenny Anthony (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780199608362
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960836-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 10 mm
• Series: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights