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Aristotle's "Poetics"
Aristotle; Baxter, John; Atherton, J. P.
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Description for Aristotle's "Poetics"
Paperback. George Whalley's English translation of the Poetics breathes new life into the study of Aristotle's aesthetics by allowing the English-speaking student to experience the dynamic quality characteristic of Aristotle's arguments in the original Greek. Translator(s): Whalley, George. Num Pages: 224 pages, Edited by John Baxter and J.P. Atherton. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Aristotle's Poetics combines a complete translation of the Poetics with a running commentary, printed on facing pages, that keeps the reader in continuous contact with the linguistic and critical subtleties of the original while highlighting crucial issues for students of literature and literary theory. Whalley's unconventional interpretation emphasizes Aristotle's treatment of art as dynamic process rather than finished product. The volume includes two essays by Whalley in which he outlines his method and purpose. He identifies a deep congruence between Aristotle's understanding of mimesis and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's view of imagination. Whalley's new translation makes a major contribution to ... Read more
Aristotle's Poetics combines a complete translation of the Poetics with a running commentary, printed on facing pages, that keeps the reader in continuous contact with the linguistic and critical subtleties of the original while highlighting crucial issues for students of literature and literary theory. Whalley's unconventional interpretation emphasizes Aristotle's treatment of art as dynamic process rather than finished product. The volume includes two essays by Whalley in which he outlines his method and purpose. He identifies a deep congruence between Aristotle's understanding of mimesis and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's view of imagination. Whalley's new translation makes a major contribution to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773516120
SKU
V9780773516120
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Reviews for Aristotle's "Poetics"
"Whalley has produced precisely the kind of volume that is needed if the Poetics is to be successfully and seriously taught at the college level. This is the only edition of the Poetics that can truly claim to introduce adequately to a reader with no knowledge of Greek the problems and issues posed by the language of Aristotle's arguments. No ... Read more