Poetics
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TextPublication details: New Delhi Fingerprint Classics 2018 Description: 104 pISBN: 9789386538031Subject(s): Aesthetics | Literary style | AristotleDDC classification: 808.2 Summary: About the Book: Poetics "Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life." Meticulously enquiring into the emotional bent of man and his psychological reactions, Aristotles Poetics discusses the origins of epic poetry and examines all poetry as being a form of imitation. It explores the various components of tragedy—plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song—and its effects. A masterpiece of literary criticism, Poetics has majorly influenced literary theories. Even after centuries it continues to remain an evaluation benchmark for literature. About the Author: Aristotle An ancient Greek philosopher, psychologist, moralist, scientist, metaphysician, and pioneer of formal logic, Aristotle was born in 384 BC
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Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks | Fiction | 808.2 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 000954 |
About the Book: Poetics "Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life." Meticulously enquiring into the emotional bent of man and his psychological reactions, Aristotles Poetics discusses the origins of epic poetry and examines all poetry as being a form of imitation. It explores the various components of tragedy—plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song—and its effects. A masterpiece of literary criticism, Poetics has majorly influenced literary theories. Even after centuries it continues to remain an evaluation benchmark for literature. About the Author: Aristotle An ancient Greek philosopher, psychologist, moralist, scientist, metaphysician, and pioneer of formal logic, Aristotle was born in 384 BC
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