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Poetics

A Norton Critical Edition
By Aristotle
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Poetics by Aristotle is a foundational text in literary theory and aesthetics, exploring the principles of tragedy, epic poetry, and dramatic art. This Norton Critical Edition features a comprehensive preface, introduction, and appendix on tragic and epic performance by Michelle Zerba and David Gorman, enhancing understanding of the text.

The volume includes ancient sources that influenced Aristotle, such as works by Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Gorgias, and Plato, offering a broader context. Additionally, a range of modern interpretations by scholars like Reuben A. Brower and Gérard Genette highlight the continuing relevance of Aristotle’s insights.

An annotated bibliography completes this edition, making it an essential resource for students and enthusiasts of classical literature and dramatic theory.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideally suited for students, educators, and readers interested in literary criticism, classical studies, and the history of drama. It supports academic research and offers valuable perspectives for anyone studying the art of storytelling and performance.

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This Norton Critical Edition of the world’s first major work of literary criticism is based on James Hutton’s acclaimed translation. The text and explanatory and glossarial notes represent the work of the accomplished Hellenists James Hutton and Michelle

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This Norton Critical Edition also includes:

A preface, full introduction, and appendix ("On Tragic and Epic Performance") by Michelle Zerba and David Gorman.

Ancient Sources, providing readers with the opportunity to consider the epic, dramatic, philosophical, and rhetorical texts that influenced the Poetics, including writings by Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Gorgias, Plato, among others.

Several modern interpretations by Reuben A. Brower, Humphry House, Gérard Genette, Elizabeth Belfiore, and Terence Cave, among others, that highlight the enduring relevance of the Poetics.

An Annotated Bibliography.

Series: Norton Critical Editions

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393938869

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 January 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Critical edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by David Gorman
  • Edited by Michelle Zerba
  • Translated by James Hutton

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 232g

Pages: 248

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Aristotle Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

David Gorman is Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University. His articles on the history and theory of literary study have appeared in Modern Literature Quarterly, Poetics Today, and Educational Philosophy and Theory. He also has strong interests in philosophy (especially the philosophy of language) and in classics (especially the history of the classical tradition). Michelle Zerba is Maggie B. Martin Professor of Rhetoric and Classical Studies at Louisiana State University. Her research and teaching span the fields of classical literature, rhetoric, and philosophy; Renaissance studies; and political theory; and classical reception. She is the author of Doubt and Skepticism in Antiquity and the Renaissance and Tragedy and Theory: The Problem of Conflict Since Aristotle as well as many scholarly articles.

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