Plato and Aristotle on Poetry

by Gerald F. Else

This book is a guide to the poetics of the two Greek fountainheads of Western literary theory. Part I traces the development of Plato's great themes of inspiration and imitation but makes no attempt to reduce his disparate statements to a system. Part II demonstrates that Aristotle's Poetics embodies a powerful theory of literature that answers Plato's objections to poetry as an emotionally powerful, and therefore dangerous, communication of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807898163
• ISBN13: 9780807898161
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"