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Aristotle (trans Heath)
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In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, thePoeticsintroduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis ('purification'). Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals. ThePoeticshas informed thinking about drama ever since.

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath >PoeticsPenguin Black Classics UK9780140446364
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One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history

In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, thePoeticsintroduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis ('purification'). Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals. ThePoeticshas informed thinking about drama ever since.

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath
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ISBN
9780140446364
Distributor
Penguin Black Classics UK
Author
Aristotle (trans Heath)
Publication Date
14 Oct 2000
COVER
Paperback
PAGES
144