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Not gonna lie, I read this one for class. That said it wasn't a bad book. I rather liked how Aristotle defined Greek tragedy. It actually made for very good in class discussion that I (for once) actively part-took in.
using this as one of my books for the reading challenge is cheating but for some reason i can’t bring myself to care
aristotle jotting down notes for poetics: totally random and irrelevant misogyny, check
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Interesting to read the whole thing, will say im not the biggest fan of his general view of what art seeks to do, but its an interesting read for sure.
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Aristotle's analysis of tragedy and a response to Plato's discussions on poetry. A short and surprisingly insightful read from the master Greek logician.
I first read Poetics for my undergrad in theatre arts fourteen years ago. This time round, I was surprised at how much I garnered when approaching the text from a different artistic perspective. However, the translation in the Dover Thrift Edition is similarly on the cheap side. If you're studying Poetics as part of a formal course of education, I recommend you source a different, reliable edition/translation, such as the version included in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.