Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

Michael Tierno's "Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters" delivers those rare goods, rising above the usual how-to level by plumbing the philosopher's masterwork for truths relevant to today's ...

The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 136, No. 4 (WINTER 2015), pp. 577-606 (30 pages) There are two related problems in the Poetics: Aristotle's contradictory statements about size, and Aristotle's ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Aristotle's Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher's 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best ...

Since its founding in 1880 by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, The American Journal of Philology has helped to shape American classical scholarship. Today The Journal has achieved worldwide recognition as ...

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