How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

by Aristotle

Book Overview

An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics--the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories

Aristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories--whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691205272
• ISBN13: 9780691205274
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 6.7"