Aristotle's Poetics

by Aristotle; Baxter, John; Atherton, Patrick; Whalley, George

• ISBN13: 9780773516120
• ISBN10: 0773516123
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Aristotle's Poetics combines a complete translation of the Poetics with a running commentary, printed on facing pages, that keeps the reader in continuous contact with the linguistic and critical subtleties of the original while highlighting crucial issues for students of literature and literary theory. Whalley's unconventional interpretation emphasizes Aristotle's treatment of art as dynamic process rather than finished product. The volume includes two essays by Whalley in which he outlines his method and purpose. He identifies a deep congruence between Aristotle's understanding of mimesis and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's view of imagination. Whalley's new translation makes a major contribution to the study of not only the Poetics and tragedy but all literature and aesthetics.

Table of Contents

aristotle's Poetics	p. i
Acknowledgments	p. vii
George Whalley on the Poetics: A Preface	p. ix
Notes	p. xxxiii
On Translating Aristotle's Poetics	p. 3
Notes	p. 29
The Poietic Art	p. 33
Works Cited in the Commentary	p. 37
Topical Summary	p. 39
The Poietic Art	p. 43
Commentary	p. 44
The Poietic Art	p. 45
Appendices	p. 145
The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis	p. 159
Index	p. 179
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