Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37) and index
Machine generated contents note: George Whalley on the Poetis A Preface ix -- On Translating Aristotle's Poetics 3 -- The Poietic Art -- A Note on the Text of the Translation 35 -- Topical Summary 39 -- Translation-and-Commentary 43 -- Excursus Notes 140 -- Appendices -- A The Sections of a Tragedy 145 -- B Wording, Lexis, and Principles of Style 147 -- c: Critical Problems and Their Solutions 152 -- The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis 157 -- Index 181
Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal
George Whalley's English translation of the Poetics breathes new life into the study of Aristotle's aesthetics by allowing the English-speaking student to experience the dynamic quality characteristic of Aristotle's arguments in the original Greek....
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George Whalley's English translation of the Poetics breathes new life into the study of Aristotle's aesthetics by allowing the English-speaking student to experience the dynamic quality characteristic of Aristotle's arguments in the original Greek. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- George Whalley on the Poetics: A Preface -- On Translating Aristotle's Poetics -- A Note on the Text of the Translation -- Topical Summary -- Translation-and-Commentary -- Excursus Notes -- Appendices -- A: The Sections of a Tragedy -- B: Wording, Lexis, and Principles of Style -- C: Critical Problems and Their Solutions -- The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""George Whalley on the Poetics: A Preface""; ""On Translating Aristotle's Poetics""; ""A Note on the Text of the Translation""; ""Topical Summary""; ""Translation-and-Commentary""; ""Excursus Notes""; ""Appendices""; ""A: The Sections of a Tragedy""; ""B: Wording, Lexis, and Principles of Style""; ""C: Critical Problems and Their Solutions""; ""The Aristotle-Coleridge Axis""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""