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Aristotle wrote the Poetics between 335BCE - 323BCE. It is a fascinating work that delves deep into the analysis of tragic plays. In the Poetics, Aristotle evaluates and praises Homeric works (for ...
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, ...
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 ...