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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691205272

ISBN-139780691205274

eBay Product ID (ePID)25050411859

Product Key Features

Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameHow to Tell a Story : an Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSocial, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, Poetry, Aesthetics

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy

Author. Aristotle

SeriesAncient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width4.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2021-027517

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A lively new translation geared for maximum utility, featuring a short introduction, pithy but invented section titles ("A Brief Note on Bad Plots") and basic endnotes." ---Timothy Farrington, Wall Street Journal, "[Freeman's] new translation is by far the most accessible." ---L. F. Ivings, The Journal of Classics Teaching, " [The book] presents Aristotle's brilliant ideas in a more modern guise, and makes them more engaging. " ---Viktor Zavrel, Graeco-Latina Bruensia, "[Freeman's] smooth translation...[organizes] Aristotle's arguments with bullet points and section heads. . . . There is pleasure in returning to Aristotle. . . . [his] precepts can fuel your understanding of what writing should be." ---Noor Qasim, New York Times Book Review, " [The book] resents Aristotle's brilliant ideas in a more modern guise, and makes them more engaging. " ---Viktor Zavrel, Graeco-Latina Bruensia

Dewey Decimal808.1

SynopsisAristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories--whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of good storytelling. Despite being written more than 2,000 years ago, the Poetics remains essential reading for anyone who wants to learn how to write a captivating story--or understand how such stories work and achieve their psychological effects. Yet for all its influence, the Poetics is too little read because it comes down to us in a form that is often difficult to follow, and even the best translations are geared more to specialists than to general readers who simply want to grasp Aristotle's profound and practical insights. In How to Tell a Story , Philip Freeman presents the most readable translation of the Poetics yet produced, making this indispensable handbook more accessible, engaging, and useful than ever before.In addition to its inviting and reliable translation, a commentary on each section, and the original Greek on facing pages, this edition of the Poetics features unique bullet points, chapter headings, and section numbers to help guide readers through Aristotle's unmatched introduction to the art of writing and reading stories., An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics --the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories Aristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories--whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of good storytelling. Despite being written more than 2,000 years ago, the Poetics remains essential reading for anyone who wants to learn how to write a captivating story--or understand how such stories work and achieve their psychological effects. Yet for all its influence, the Poetics is too little read because it comes down to us in a form that is often difficult to follow, and even the best translations are geared more to specialists than to general readers who simply want to grasp Aristotle's profound and practical insights. In How to Tell a Story , Philip Freeman presents the most readable translation of the Poetics yet produced, making this indispensable handbook more accessible, engaging, and useful than ever before. In addition to its inviting and reliable translation, a commentary on each section, and the original Greek on facing pages, this edition of the Poetics features unique bullet points, chapter headings, and section numbers to help guide readers through Aristotle's unmatched introduction to the art of writing and reading stories.

LC Classification NumberPN1040.A513 2022