Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.

Poetics / Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and notes by Malcolm Heath. - London : Penguin, 2003. - 144 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .

Aristotles' Poetics is a penetrating account of Greek tragedy which demonstrtes how the elements of plot, character and spectacle combine to produce "pity and fear", and why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process.


Translated from the ancient Greek.

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Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

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