An Aristotelian theory of comedy, with an adaptation of the Poetics, and a translation of the 'Tractatus Coislinianus,' by Lane Cooper Professor of the English Language and Literature in Cornell University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Lane, 1875-1959.

Contributor:

Aristotle.

Bibliothèque nationale (France).

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Comedy.

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Comedy).

Poetics.

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 323 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

Weimar : Printed in Germany by R. Wagner Sohn.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.

Contents:

Introduction. I. The investigation of literary types; II. A lost Aristotelian discussion of comedy; III. The Tractatus Coislinianus; IV. The nature of the presen reconstruction; V. Aristotle and Aristophanes; VI. The principles of the present reconstruction; VII. Fundamental demands of Aristotle; VIII. The quantitative parts of comedy; IX. The effect of comedy; X. Aristotle and Plato on comedy; XI. Aristotle on pleasure; XII. Scattered passages in Aristotle wit a bearing on comedy; XIII. References to specific comic poets in works other than the Poetics; XIV. References to the comic chorus in works other than the Poetics; XV. Scattered passages on laughter

The Poetics of Aristotle applied to comedy

The Tractatus Coislinianus translated

The Tractatus Coislinianus amplified and illustrated

John Tzetzes on comedy

Appendix: The fifth form of 'Discovery' in the Poetics.

Notes:

"The expense of publishing this volume was in part borne by a grant from the Heckscher Foundation for the Advancement of Research, establishing by August Heckscher at Cornell University."

Beige wrapper lettered in black.

Bibliography: pages [xv]-xxi.

Related Work:

Aristotle. Poetica.

OCLC:

1808120