Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

Michael Tierno's "Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters" delivers those rare goods, rising above the usual how-to level by plumbing the philosopher's masterwork for truths relevant to today's ...

Poetics by Aristotle is “the first surviving work devoted to literary criticism”. I was first told it was essential reading (to the point of it being an embarrassment not to have imbibed every page ...

Aristotles Poetics (Greek: ; Latin: De Poetica) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In it, Aristotle offers an ...

The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 136, No. 4 (WINTER 2015), pp. 577-606 (30 pages) There are two related problems in the Poetics: Aristotle's contradictory statements about size, and Aristotle's ...

The theme of Aristotle’s Poetics is not poetry as we now conceive of it, but the imitative arts. The first book treats especially of tragedy and epic poetry. Because the second book addressed comedy, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Aristotle (384-322 BCE) was a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Aristotle's Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher's 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best ...

Poetics Aristotle - Aristotles Poetics (Greek: Peri poietikês; Latin: De Poetica; c. 335 BC) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on ...