Publisher's Synopsis

Among the most influential books in Western civilization, the Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. It offers seminal ideas on the nature of drama, tragedy, poetry, music and more, including such concepts as catharsis, the tragic flaw, unities of time and place and other rules of drama.

Book information

ISBN: 9780486295770
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.2
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 60
Weight: 56g
Height: 126mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 7mm