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How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

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By (author): Aristotle

An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotles complete Poeticsthe first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories

Aristotles Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of storieswhether 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 storyor 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 Aristotles 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 Aristotles unmatched introduction to the art of writing and reading stories.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 114 x 171mm
  • Publication Date: 10 May 2022
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780691205274

About Aristotle

Philip Freeman is the author of more than twenty books on the ancient world including the Cicero translations How to Think about God How to Be a Friend How to Grow Old and How to Run a Country (all Princeton). He holds the Fletcher Jones Chair in Humanities at Pepperdine University.

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