microform, 565 pages
English language
Published Nov. 18, 1789 by Printed: and sold by Payne and son; White and son; Robson and Clarke; Elmsly; Cadell; Robinsons; Merrills.
Aristotle's treatise on poetry
translated, with notes on the translation, and on the original; and two dissertation, on poetical, and musical, imitation Library of English literature -- LEL 11910.
Aristotle, Leon Golden, O. B. Hardison: Aristotle's treatise on poetry (1789, Printed: and sold by Payne and son; White and son; Robson and Clarke; Elmsly; Cadell; Robinsons; Merrills)
- OCLC Number:
- 6266513
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One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy.
Subjects
- Aristotle
- Poetry -- Early works to 1800
- Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800
- Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics