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Poetics (Penguin Classics S.) by Aristotle; Malcolm Heath is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the Poetics introduced into literary criticism such central
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Aristotle; Malcolm Heath
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141906263
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Social Science, Poetry, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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