Ontology and the Art of Tragedy. An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics. - HUSAIN, M.,

An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics (S U N Y Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy)

KORTE INHOUD

'This book is lucidly written and compactly reasoned. It wastes few words and manages to develop its thesis in a progressively interesting manner. Its arguments will repay close attention from anyone concerned with interpretation of the Poetics at an advanced level. Especially instructive is Husain?s sustained engagement with ? indeed endorsement of - the markedly objectivist slant of Aristotle?s thinking about mimetic art. I have, however, serious qualms about two central planks of her case: first, her understanding of the place of pity and fear, and therefore catharsis, in the definition of tragedy; second, the breach that she posits between Aristotle?s understanding of tragic action in art and ethical action in life.' (STEPHEN HALLIWELL, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2004).
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2002Uitgever: State University of New York Press152 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0791451445ISBN-13: 9780791451441

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