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Poetics

A Summary and Analysis of Aristotle’s Poetics

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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

Aristotle was the first theorist of theatre – so his Poetics is the origin and basis of all subsequent theatre criticism. His Poetics was written in the 4th century BC, some time after 335 BC.

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Categories Literature Tags Aristotle, Aristotle Summary, Books, Classics, Literary Criticism, Literature, Oedipus Rex, Poetics, Summary of the Poetics, Tragedy 3 Comments

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