Aristotles poetics mass market paperback january 1, 1969 by s. Francis fergusson is the author of aristotles poetics 3. Francis fergusson 19041986 was a harvard and oxfordeducated teacher and critic. Pdf this paper provides an overview and commentary of aristotle s theory of poetry, of drama, and of narrative structure, as presented the poetics find, read and cite all the research you. Francis fergusson, a literary critic who wrote extensively on the theater and lectured for many years at rutgers and princeton universities, died. Francis fergusson author of aristotles poetics goodreads. Butcher translator, francis fergusson introduction. While no one can deny the value of aristotle s poetics, the world has evolved and the demands of theater have changed, rendering many aristotelian principles obsolete and, in fact, damaging to modern tragedy. His readable, illuminating edition of aristotles poetics hill and wang, 1961, with fergussons introduction and. Francis fergusson francis fergusson, writer and critic, was born in albuquerque, new mexico in 1904.
Tragedy was very popular in greek world so aristotle asks can it be wrong to ban it. Through his monumental work, the poetics, aristotle has paved the way for playwrights, actors and theater thinkers, for centuries on end. Aristotle s poetics is a defense against platos appeal to ban tragedy. The idea of a theater by francis fergusson pdf, ebook read. Francis fergusson is the author of aristotle s poetics 3. Aristotles poetics and aristotles nature semantic scholar. It has been used by both playwrights and theorists of many periods, and interpreted, in the course of its two thousand years of life, in various ways.
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