Poetics (Oxford World’s Classics) by Anthony Kenny (PDF)

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What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?’Aristotle’s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. For Aristotle, the art of representation conveys universal truths which we can appreciate more easily than the lessons of history or philosophy. In his short treatise Aristotle discusses the origins of poetry andits early development, the nature of tragedy and plot, and offers practical advice to playwrights.This new translation by Anthony Kenny is accompanied by associated material from Plato and a range of responses from more modern literary practitioners: Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers. The book includes a wide-ranging introduction and notes, making this the most accessible and attractive modern edition.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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⭐Extremely well translated, explained and expounded. So much so that I had to stop my reading and come write this review.I first read “Aristotle’s Poetics” by S. H. Butcher and Francis Fergusson; an absolutely terrible translation.Then I read “The Art of Poetry” by Ingram Bywater (a free translation of Aristotle’s Poetics). It has a decent preface, but the translation was crabbed and stilted (although better than the one above).After reading everything I could find online concerning The Poetics (Wikipedia, Spark Notes, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, etc.) the material was still floating around a bit vaguely in my mind. So I decided to purchased this latest translation and read the original again.This translation is the one that should be in classrooms and read by screenwriters, etc. etc.This is comparable to the NIV translation of the Bible as contrasted with the KJV. First time readers of the Poetics should begin here.

⭐Understandable, and even inspirational, Anthony Kenny does a fantastic job of interpreting Aristotle. I bought it for my highschool sophomore, a homeschooling classical girl, and she and I read it together, deriving such benefit from it that now we talk about every movie we watch with Aristotles points in mind. Have not read the essays on each side of it yet, but they look to be very well written also.

⭐It’s intriguing to see how flawed Plato’s Republic is; how he initially ask’s the right questions, but evidently ends with such flawed conclusions.And, of course, how Aristotle, all in all, cleans up Plato’s ‘poetic’ mess.

⭐The Kindle edition of the Oxford World’s Classics version is not well executed. The text is there and legible but there are numbers in the margin that seem to link to nothing and have no readily apparent significance. Another example of lousy conversion from print to ebook. Stick with the actual book. The Kindle edition is a disappointment.

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