Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. More than 2400 years old, Aristotle's discussions — unity of plot, reversal of the situation, character — though written in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy and epic poetry, still apply to modern literary forms.
Stephen Halliwell's translation is aimed at those who want a reliable version of Aristotle's ideas together with concise and stimulating guidance to their significance, particularly from the perspective of later literary criticism, theory, and practice.
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