The Poetics of Aristotle By Aristotle A Translation By S. H.
Butcher Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of
dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to
focus on literary theory. In it, Aristotle offers an account of
what he calls "poetry" (a term which in Greek literally means
"making" and in this context includes drama-comedy, tragedy, and
the satyr play-as well as lyric poetry, epic poetry, and the
dithyramb). He examines its "first principles" and identifies its
genres and basic elements. His analysis of tragedy constitutes the
core of the discussion. Although Aristotle's Poetics is universally
acknowledged in the Western critical tradition, Marvin Carlson
explains, "almost every detail about his seminal work has aroused
divergent opinions." The work was lost to the Western world and
often misrepresented for a long time. It was available through the
Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through a Latin translation
of an Arabic version written by Averroes.
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