The Poetics of Aristotle: Translation and Commentary - Paperback
by Stephen Halliwell (Translator)
Incorporating the best modern work on the Poetics, Halliwell's translation is aimed at those who want a reliable version of Aristotle's ideas along with concise and stimulating guidance. A running commentary explains the structure and detail of Aristotle's argument, attempts to provoke further thought about the work's strengths and weaknesses, and offers suggestions on relating the Poetics to later stages of literary theory and practice.
For each chapter of the Poetics there is a running commentary that explains the structure and detail of Aristotle's argument, attempts to provoke further thought about the work's strengths and weakness, and offers some suggestions on relating the Poetics to later stages of literary theory and practice.
Stephen Halliwell is Professor of Greek in the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of several books on Plato, Aristotle, and Aristophanes, and, most recently, of Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity (2008)
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