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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
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If you ever wanted to start at the beginning, here's your chance. If you are tired of college professors telling you to think for yourself and interpret poetry on your own. Aristotle takes the guess work out of his reading at least.
I believe that had he lived to now, he'd a be a regulatory body enforcing strict adherence to process work flows and instructions that he himself had written.
Other than that, I can't believe I waited until now to open this up. Easy read (thanks to the translator of course). Don't let the big Greek name scare you into thinking this is more than it is.
If you ever wanted to start at the beginning, here's your chance. If you are tired of college professors telling you to think for yourself and interpret poetry on your own. Aristotle takes the guess work out of his reading at least.
I believe that had he lived to now, he'd a be a regulatory body enforcing strict adherence to process work flows and instructions that he himself had written.
Other than that, I can't believe I waited until now to open this up. Easy read (thanks to the translator of course). Don't let the big Greek name scare you into thinking this is more than it is.
I read this book for course work. I was surprised to find how well I got on with it and how interesting it was for me, as well. I feel like reading it during course enhanced my experience and understanding of the read. It is fascinating to see how much of modern literary and dramatic interpretation and structure falls back on ancient categories of description as seen in this book.
Also I learned a bit of reading Greek while reading this, just by comparing words from the translated side to the Ancient Greek on the left side. I'm really happy about that, I hope I'll learn even more soon!
Also I learned a bit of reading Greek while reading this, just by comparing words from the translated side to the Ancient Greek on the left side. I'm really happy about that, I hope I'll learn even more soon!
if you’re too lazy to read this 49 text, why don’t you try the 61 pages of introduction this edition provides which basically is just a summary??
I read the Anthony Kenny translation and his introductory notes were very good.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
I don't know if it was my translation or not, but I couldn't make sense of what Aristotle was saying. Thank goodness for Sparknotes. I would read the Sparknotes section and then go read Aristotle. It helped so that I think I got the gist of what he was trying to say.
This is very very good. I didn't come close to comprehending the fullness of it, but the first time through means the second will be better.
I was surprised by the Aristotle - it wasn't what I expected although my expectations were perhaps a bit amorphous. The nitty gritty of words and syllables themselves to the structure and plot development was more comprehensive than anticipated.
The essays included at the end were helpful. I particularly enjoyed the Sidney and the Sayers (and was somewhat baffled by Shelley) ... but Sidney's discussion of the historian-philosopher-poet is excellent (if a little challenging, again a second read will be helpful). Sayers' application of the pieces of the Aristotle to detective fiction were insightful and helpful in understanding what had passed before (plus, she's a clear 20th Century writer whose subjects - Holmes, Wimsey, Poirot - were familiar). It helps to understand the Aristotle as a framework or paradigm, not necessarily a set of precepts or hard and fast rules / laws.
I read this book in my "Inspired by The Great Tradition" category of the Scholé Sisters 5x5 challenge. On to Augustine On Christian Teaching.
2023: The Audiobook was just to help me remember some of what was in the book, but a vastly inferior way of interacting with the text.
I was surprised by the Aristotle - it wasn't what I expected although my expectations were perhaps a bit amorphous. The nitty gritty of words and syllables themselves to the structure and plot development was more comprehensive than anticipated.
The essays included at the end were helpful. I particularly enjoyed the Sidney and the Sayers (and was somewhat baffled by Shelley) ... but Sidney's discussion of the historian-philosopher-poet is excellent (if a little challenging, again a second read will be helpful). Sayers' application of the pieces of the Aristotle to detective fiction were insightful and helpful in understanding what had passed before (plus, she's a clear 20th Century writer whose subjects - Holmes, Wimsey, Poirot - were familiar). It helps to understand the Aristotle as a framework or paradigm, not necessarily a set of precepts or hard and fast rules / laws.
I read this book in my "Inspired by The Great Tradition" category of the Scholé Sisters 5x5 challenge. On to Augustine On Christian Teaching.
2023: The Audiobook was just to help me remember some of what was in the book, but a vastly inferior way of interacting with the text.
While acknowledging the informative value of Aristotle's "Poetics" for understanding Western literature, the text's readability suffers as it feels more like a student's notes from Aristotle's lecture than a direct work from the philosopher himself, making it less accessible than its potential significance suggests.
Read as part of my Humanities studies based on The Honest Broker's list.
This was actually more enjoyable than I was expecting and a fine way to finish out 2024. I read Save the Cat a few years ago and DNFed Bird by Bird this year - Poetics was more useful than both of those books at explaining how to structure good writing. It's a quick read and I skipped the long introduction purely to have the book be included in my 2024 books (daft, I know). I'll probably come back to it at some point and may even buy a physical copy since I only had the Kindle version.
This was actually more enjoyable than I was expecting and a fine way to finish out 2024. I read Save the Cat a few years ago and DNFed Bird by Bird this year - Poetics was more useful than both of those books at explaining how to structure good writing. It's a quick read and I skipped the long introduction purely to have the book be included in my 2024 books (daft, I know). I'll probably come back to it at some point and may even buy a physical copy since I only had the Kindle version.