How to Tell a Story
an ancient guide to the art of storytelling for writers and readers
$31.92
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2022
Summary
Aristotle’s Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories—whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of good storytelling. Despite being written more than 2,000 years ago, the Poetics remains essential reading for anyone who wants to learn how to write a captivating story—or unde…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691205274 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691205272 |
| Author: | Aristotle, Philip Freeman |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 114mm |
| Series: | Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers |
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“A lively new translation geared for maximum utility, featuring a short introduction, pithy but invented section titles (“A Brief Note on Bad Plots”) and basic endnotes.”—Timothy Farrington, Wall Street Journal”[Freeman’s] smooth translation…[organizes] Aristotle’s arguments with bullet points and section heads… . There is pleasure in returning to Aristotle… . [his] precepts can fuel your understanding of what writing should be.”—Noor Qasim, New York Times Book Review“
[The book] presents Aristotle’s brilliant ideas in a more modern guise, and makes them more engaging.
”—Viktor Zavŕel, Graeco-Latina Bruensia”[Freeman’s] new translation is by far the most accessible.”—L. F. Ivings, The Journal of Classics TeachingAbout The Author
Aristotle
Philip Freeman is the author of more than twenty books on the ancient world, including the Cicero translations How to Think about God, How to Be a Friend, How to Grow Old, and How to Run a Country (all Princeton). He holds the Fletcher Jones Chair in Humanities at Pepperdine University.
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