Plato and Aristotle on Poetry (Paperback, New edition)

This book is a guide to the poetics of the two Greek fountainheads of Western literary theory. Part I traces the development of Plato's great themes of inspiration and imitation but makes no attempt to reduce his disparate statements to a system. Part II demonstrates that Aristotle's "Poetics" embodies a powerful theory of literature that answers Plato's objections to poetry as an emotionally powerful, and therefore dangerous, communication of false opinion.
Originally published in 1987.
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General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Peter Burian
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	243
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8078-9816-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8078-9816-3
Barcode:	9780807898161

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