An edition of Poetics (1536)

Aristotle's Poetics

Demetrius, On style

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An edition of Poetics (1536)

Aristotle's Poetics

Demetrius, On style

  • 3.80 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 156 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy.

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English
Pages
268

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Aristotle's On poetics
Aristotle's On poetics
2002, St. Augustine's Press
in English
Cover of: Poetik
Poetik
February 1, 1997, Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH
Paperback in German
Cover of: Poetics I
Poetics I
1987, Hackett Pub. Co.
in English
Cover of: Aristotle's Poetics; Demetrius on Style; Longinus on the Sublime
Aristotle's Poetics; Demetrius on Style; Longinus on the Sublime
January 1, 1963, Dutton Adult
Cover of: On poetry and style.
On poetry and style.
1958, Liberal Arts Press
in English
Cover of: Aristotle's Art of poetry
Cover of: Aristotle's Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics: Demetrius, On style
1934, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & co., inc.
in English
Cover of: Aristotle on the art of poetry
Cover of: Essai sur l'histoire de la critique chez les Grecs suivi de la Poétique d’Aristote
Cover of: Aristotle's treatise on poetry
Aristotle's treatise on poetry
1789, Sold by Payne and son; [etc., etc.,]
in English
Cover of: Art of poetry
Art of poetry
1705, Printed for D. Browne and W. Turner
in English

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London, Toronto, New York

Edition Notes

Title within ornamental border.

"First published in 1934 with the exception of the translation of the Poetics and of Hobbes' Digest."

Aristotle's Poetics is reprinted from T. Twining's translation, 2nd ed. (1812) edited by D. Twining; the On style of Demetrius, the selections from Aristotle's Rhetoric and the Ars poetica of Horace are translated by T.A. Moxon.

Bibliography: p. xiii-xiv.

Series
Everyman's library. Classical -- [901]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.1, [888.5]
Library of Congress
AC1 .E8 no. 901

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 268 p., 1 l. ;
Number of pages
268

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22023994M
LCCN
37000141

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