{"product_id":"poetics-2","title":"Poetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis ('purification'). Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals. The \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e has informed thinking about drama ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220792463704,"sku":"9780140446364","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140446364.jpg?v=1764696636","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/poetics-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}