An edition of The lost second book of Aristotle's Poetics
(2012)
The lost second book of Aristotle's Poetics
by Walter Watson
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The lost second book of Aristotle's Poetics
2012, The University of Chicago Press
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0226875083 9780226875088
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Table of Contents
The lost second book of Aristotle's Poetics
Aims of the present book
Method to be followed
Prospective readers
Groundwork
Aristotle's arts and sciences
The organon
Preface to the theoretical sciences
Mathematics
The physical sciences
The biological sciences
First philosophy
The order of the arts and sciences
The practical sciences
The productive sciences: poetics
Rhetoric
Scientific rationality as a guiding idea
Causes
The symbolon argument
Causes in the poetics
Poetic imitation
The analysis of poetic imitation
The scope of poetic imitation
The evolution of poetic imitation
Expectations of Poetics II
The epitome of Poetics II
Comparison of expectations with the epitome
The kinds of poetry
The autonomy of poetry
Internal and external ends
The Aristotelian tradition
Historical, educational, and imitative poetry
Historical poetry
Historical poetry and history
Historical poetry and imitative poetry
Historical poetry and rhetoric
Educational poetry
Poetry and philosophy
Poetry and education
Imitative poetry
The end of tragedy
The end of tragedy as catharsis
The fearful emotions
The removal of emotions by emotions
The aim of tragedy: symmetry
The mother of tragedy: pain
Poetry and the practical sciences
Poetic and therapeutic catharsis
Is catharsis in the poem or in the audience?
Is catharsis educative?
The practical ends of poetry
Comedy
The definition of comedy
The mother of comedy: laughter
The laughable
The definition of the laughable
Accounts of the laughable
The causes of the laughable
Laughter from the diction
Laughter from the incidents
Cicero's account of laughter
The science of the laughable
The embodiment of the laughable in comedy
The matter and parts of comedy
Old, new, and middle comedy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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