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Subject(s)

• Aristotle—Poetics [Browse]
• Poetics—History—To 1500 [Browse]

Editor

• Destrée, Pierre [Browse]
• Heath, Malcolm [Browse]
• Munteanu, Dana LaCourse, 1972- [Browse]

Series

Routledge monographs in classical studies [More in this series]

Summary note

"This volume integrates aspects of the Poetics into the broader corpus of Aristotelian philosophy. It both deals with some old problems raised by the treatise, suggesting possible solutions through contextualization, and also identifies new ways in which poetic concepts could relate to Aristotelian philosophy. In the past, contextualization has most commonly been used by scholars in order to try to solve the meaning of difficult concepts in the Poetics (such as catharsis, mimesis, or tragic pleasure). In this volume, rather than looking to explain a specific concept, the contributors observe the concatenation of Aristotelian ideas in various treatises in order to explore some aesthetic, moral and political implications of the philosopher's views of tragedy, comedy and related genres. Questions addressed include: Does Aristotle see his interest in drama as part of his larger research on human natures? What are the implications of tragic plots dealing with close family members for the polis? What should be the role of drama and music in the education of citizens? How does dramatic poetry relate to other arts and what are the ethical ramifications of the connections? How specific are certain emotions to literary genres and how do those connect to Aristotle's extended account of pathe? Finally, how do internal elements of composition and language in poetry relate to other domains of Aristotelian thought? The Poetics in Its Aristotelian Context offers a fascinating new insight to the Poetics, and will be of use to anyone working on the Poetics, or Aristotelian philosophy more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Aristotle's Aesthetics: Poetry and Other Arts, Tradition and Innovation. Poetry and Biology: The Anatomy of Tragedy / Andrea Capra
• To Kalon and the Experience of Art / Hallvard J. Fossheim
• Aesthetic Emotions / David Konstan
• Was Phthonos a Comedic Emotion for Aristotle? / Franco V. Trivigno
• The Visual Arts as an Aesthetic Paradigm / Elsa Bouchard
• Poetics, Politics and Ethics: Links and Independence. Family Bounds, Political Community and Tragic Pathos / Pierre Destrée
• Is there a Poetics in the Politics? / Thornton Lockwood
• Varieties of Characters: The Better, the Worse, and the Like / Dana L. Munteanu
• The Ethical Context of Poetics 5: Comic Error and Weakness of Will / Valeria Cinaglia
• Language and Content: Poetic Puzzles in Philosophical Context. Taxonomic Flexibility: Metaphor, Genos, and Eidos / Thomas Cirillo
• Poetry and Historia / Silvia Carli
• Afterword. Reading the Poetics in Context / Malcolm Heath.

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ISBN

• 9780367366117
• 0367366118 (hardback)

LCCN

2019056542

OCLC

1130764196

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