Making sense of Aristotle
Subtitle: essays in poetics
By: edited by Øivind Andersen and Jon Haarberg
Contributors: Andersen, Øivind; Haarberg, John
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Aristotle; Poetics
Other titles: Aristotle
Description: "What is the importance of poetry? Why do we enjoy the experience of tragic distress? Does Roman tragedy reflect Aristotelian poetics? In what ways can Aristotle's "Poetics" be read and interpreted? To what kind of use can it be put? Such are the questions discussed in this collection of essays, which examines one of the most seminal as well as cryptic texts of Western criticism-a text that still triggers essential deliberations about literature and the ways in which we relate to it."--Bloomsbury Publishing

What is the importance of poetry? Why do we enjoy the experience of tragic distress? Does Roman tragedy reflect Aristotelian poetics? In what ways can Aristotle's "Poetics" be read and interpreted? To what kind of use can it be put? Such are the questions discussed in this collection of essays, which examines one of the most seminal as well as cryptic texts of Western criticism - a text that still triggers essential deliberations about literature and the ways in which we relate to it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index