Poetics
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-85459-333-7 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the Nick Hern Books Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre.
One of the most influential tracts in world theatre, Aristotle's Poetics is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.
It is the source of the doctrine of the Three Unities - of Time, Place and Action - and the concept of catharsis in tragedy.
Writing only a hundred years after Sophocles and Euripides, Aristotle's insights into Greek drama are endlessly rewarding.
This English translation by Kenneth McLeish makes the famous text more accessible than ever before, without cutting or paraphrasing. Important passages are highlighted, while key words and concepts are glossed within the text, without the need for intrusive footnotes.
The result is an authoritative text of Aristotle's Poetics that allows readers to experience his arguments directly for themselves.
Also included is a compact introduction by McLeish to Aristotle and his ideas.
One of the most influential tracts in world theatre, Aristotle's Poetics is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.
It is the source of the doctrine of the Three Unities - of Time, Place and Action - and the concept of catharsis in tragedy.
Writing only a hundred years after Sophocles and Euripides, Aristotle's insights into Greek drama are endlessly rewarding.
This English translation by Kenneth McLeish makes the famous text more accessible than ever before, without cutting or paraphrasing. Important passages are highlighted, while key words and concepts are glossed within the text, without the need for intrusive footnotes.
The result is an authoritative text of Aristotle's Poetics that allows readers to experience his arguments directly for themselves.
Also included is a compact introduction by McLeish to Aristotle and his ideas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
78 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-333-7 (9781854593337)
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Aristotle (born 384 BC) was a philosopher, pupil of Plato and author of numerous works including his Poetics, one of the most influential tracts in world theatre.
Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.
Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series.