Poetics
$28.93
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2013
Summary
‘What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?’
Aristotle’s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. For Aristotle, the art of representation conveys universal truths which we can appreciate more easily than the lessons of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199608362 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199608369 |
| Author: | Aristotle, Anthony Kenny |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 140mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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About The Author
Aristotle
Sir Anthony Kenny
Sir Anthony Kenny is a distinguished philosopher. His works include:
- The Aristotelian Ethics (1978)
- Aristotle’s Theory of the Will (1979)
- Aristotle on the Perfect Life (1992)
- A New History of Western Philosophy (2010)
He has also translated Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics for Oxford World’s Classics.
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