New translation of Aristotle's keystone of Western dramatic criticism.
Preface and Acknowledgements
vi
Introduction
ix
The Importance of the Poetics
ix
Plato's Challenge to Poetry
x
Aristotle and His Reply
xii
Aristotle's Concept of Representation
xiv
Aristotle on the Purpose of Literature
xvi
The Structure of the Poetics
xx
The Present Translation
xxii
Notes on the Text
xxiv
Translation
1
(65)
Poetics
1
(42)
The Tractatus Coislinianus
43
(4)
A Hypothetical Reconstruction of Poetics II
47
(9)
The Fragments of the On Poets
56
(10)
Fragments 1--3
56
(2)
Testimonia A--D on Catharsis
58
(3)
Fragment 4
61
(1)
Testimonium E
62
(1)
Fragments 5--16
62
(4)
Notes
66
(130)
Notes to Poetics I
66
(93)
Notes to the Tractatus Coislinianus and Fragments of Poetics II
159
(16)
Notes to the Fragments of the On Poets
175
(21)
Glossary
196
(31)
Bibliography
227
(4)
Index of Names and Titles
231
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