| #314521 in Books | 1961-01-01 | 1961-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.33 x.35 x4.55l,.20 | File type: PDF | 128 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Fundamental Work on playwriting.|By Carlos Jerome|The Poetics is the start and still the basis for understanding principles of playwriting. Ferguson's introduction is a great help in clarifying this classic.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good condition. Arrived promptly.|By R David Robinson|Arrived in|.com |The original, Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. Sure, it's 2400 years old, but Aristotle's discussions--Unity of Plot, Reversal of the Situation,
Introduced by Francis Fergusson, the Poetics, written in the fourth century B.C., is still an essential study of the art of drama, indeed the most fundamental one we have. It has been used by both playwrights and theorists of many periods, and interpreted, in the course of its two thousand years of life, in various ways. The literature which has accumulated around it is, as Mr. Fergusson points out, "full of disputes so erudite that the nonspecialist can only l...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Aristotle's Poetics (Dramabook,) | Aristotle. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
