Aristotle's Poetics

✍ Scribed by Aristotle.;Baxter, John;Whalley, George

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 223
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Acknowledgments; George Whalley on the Poetics: A Preface; On Translating Aristotle's Poetics; A Note on the Text of the Translation; Topical Summary; Translation-and-Commentary; Excursus Notes; Appendices; A: The Sections of a Tragedy; B: Wording, Lexis, and Principles of Style; C: Critical Problems and Their Solutions; The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
George Whalley on the Poetics: A Preface
On Translating Aristotle's Poetics
A Note on the Text of the Translation
Topical Summary
Translation-and-Commentary
Excursus Notes
Appendices
A: The Sections of a Tragedy
B: Wording, Lexis, and Principles of Style
C: Critical Problems and Their Solutions
The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z.

✦ Subjects

Aesthetics--Early works to 1800;Aristotle.--Poetics;Poetry--Early works to 1800;Electronic books;Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800;Aristotle. -- Poetics;Poetry -- Early works to 1800

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