Aristotle s Poetics

Klappentext Introduction to 1988 editionAbbreviationsI. The Setting of the PoeticsII. Aristotle's Aesthetics 1: Art and its PleasureIII. Aristotle's Aesthetics 2: Craft, Nature and Unity in ArtIV. MimesisV. Action and CharacterVI. Tragedy and the EmotionsVII. Fallibility amp Misfortune: The Securlarisation of the TragicVIII. The Chorus of TragedyIX. Epic, Comedy and Other GenresX. Influence amp Status: the Nachleben of the PoeticsApp. 1 The Date of the PoeticsApp. 2 The Poetics and PlatoApp. 3 Drama in the Theatre: Aristotle on Spectacle (opsis)App. 4 Aristotle on Language (lexis)App. 5 Interpretations of katharsisBibliographyIndex Zusammenfassung This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. The core of the book is an appraisal of Aristotle's view of tragic drama.

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• Authors: Stephen Halliwell, Halliwell Stephen
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780226313948
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31394-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500