Dec 30, 2009
Poetics was one of Aristotle’s briefest works, and only half of it has been preserved. Nevertheless, it contains so many fruitful insights and canons of literary art that it has been turned to constantly by literati and philosophers since Aristotle’s time. It has a history of varying interpretations, as well as variant manuscripts. The present review makes use chiefly of the translation and commentary of S. H. Butcher.
Unlike most of Aristotle’s work, Poetics contains little argument. Rather, it simply analyzes poetic art as it existed in...
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