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Poetics (Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy)
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Poetics is the earliest known work of literary criticism. This copy was laid out in lecture note form. Aristotle gives his views on tragedy, the plot, the characters and the content, and then it is compared to epic poetry. Content wise, I think this book is great, but it was just so very boring! I found the parts with the ancient Greek language particularly difficult to read and analyse.
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Apr 08, 2018 02:58PM
We cover this in high school where I hail from. Fun times.
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Jo, As for the writing, scholars have theorized most all Aristotle are student notes...But my guy, Giordano Bruno, taught one year of Aristotle at th U of Toulouse, 1579 or so. His only “real job� except assisting printers in every city he went to, including London, 3 years, where he lived in the FR ambassador’s house int The Bridewell district, which once again happened to be the printing district.
Actually, I heard that we don't have any of Aristole's published books, just the notes that his students took.
Excellent review Jo but I think I will pass on this one!!! Thank you for sharing and much admiration for persevering.
