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Description for Poetics
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of the world's first major work of literary criticism is based on James Hutton's acclaimed translation. The text and explanatory and glossarial notes represent the work of the accomplished Hellenists James Hutton and Michelle Editor(s): Gorman, David; Zerba, Michelle. Translator(s): Hutton, James. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
This edition includes a preface, introduction and appendix. “Ancient Sources” gives readers the opportunity to consider the epic, dramatic, philosophical and rhetorical texts that influenced the Poetics. Modern interpretations speak to the enduring relevance of this ancient creation.
This edition includes a preface, introduction and appendix. “Ancient Sources” gives readers the opportunity to consider the epic, dramatic, philosophical and rhetorical texts that influenced the Poetics. Modern interpretations speak to the enduring relevance of this ancient creation.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393938869
SKU
V9780393938869
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About Aristotle
David Gorman is Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University. His articles on the history and theory of literary study have appeared in Modern Literature Quarterly, Poetics Today, and Educational Philosophy and Theory. He also has strong interests in philosophy (especially the philosophy of language) and in classics (especially the history of the classical tradition). Michelle Zerba is Maggie B. Martin Professor of Rhetoric and Classical Studies at Louisiana State University. Her research and teaching span the fields of classical literature, rhetoric, and philosophy; Renaissance studies; and political theory; and classical reception. She is the author of Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance and Tragedy and Theory: The Problem of Conflict Since Aristotle as well as many scholarly articles.
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