Ontology and the art of tragedy : an approach to Aristotle's Poetics / Martha Husain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husain, Martha, 1937-

Series:

[SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Poetics.

Aristotle.

Tragedy.

Poetics--History--To 1500.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy is a sustained reflection on the principles and criteria from which to guide one's approach to Aristotle's Poetics. Its scope is twofold: historical and systematic. In its historical aspect it develops an approach to Aristotle's Poetics, which brings his distinctive philosophy of being to bear on the reception of this text. In its systematic aspect it relates Aristotle's theory of art to the perennial desiderata of any theory of art, and particularly to Kandinsky's.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Approach to the Corpus as a Whole

Approach to the Poetics

Levels within the Poetics

Agent-Centering, Patient-Centering, Object-Centering

Conclusion

Appendix: Textual Evidence

Notes

References

Index Of Names

Subject Index

Index of Passages Cited

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-138) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791489796

0791489795

9780585427775

0585427771

OCLC:

50851021