Aristotle's Poetics - 9789004217409

Taran (classics, Princeton U.) and Gutas (arabic and islamic studies, Yale U.) present this new edition of Aristotle's classic work, the Poetics. The Poetics is one of the earliest examples of literary and dramatic theory in the world. The text itself is in Greek, comprising a small section in the middle the book, with no translation. The bulk of the book is background material on Aristotle, the text in Syriac and Arabic translations, and the history of the text and its various sources. This background focuses on the typographic history rather than the text's intellectual content. The notes that append the text and appear later in the book also are focused on translation and philological issues rather than commentary on the intellectual content. Several indexes and specially devised schema for annotating variations in textual lineages make this an excellent research aide. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)