"What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?" Aristotle\'s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written.
This brief volume brims with Aristotle\'s timeless insights into such topics as the nature of tragedy and plot-a veritabl.
A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, it has shaped much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. "What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?" Aristotle\'s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written