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Name: Aristotle's Poetics
Author: Stephen Halliwell

📘 Aristotle's Poetics by Stephen Halliwell

Stephen Halliwell’s *Aristotle's Poetics* is the most thorough English attempt at interpreting Aristotle’s seminal work in the 20th century. Halliwell shows that the Poetics, though brief, articulates a complex theory of poetic art and hints at a broader theory of mimetic art. He situates Aristotle’s ideas against earlier Greek perspectives, especially those of Plato, and extends the discussion by placing the Poetics within Aristotle’s overall philosophical framework. The book provides a fresh appraisal of Aristotle’s view of tragic drama, arguing that the Poetics encapsulates a secularized understanding of Greek tragedy and reflects a wider philosophical agenda.

First publish date: 1986

Genre: History/Ancient History

Authors: Stephen Halliwell

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