TY - BOOK AU - Curran,Angela TI - Routledge philosophy guidebook to aristotle and the poetics T2 - Routledge philosophy guidebooks SN - 9780415780094 U1 - 808.2 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Poetics KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index N2 - "Aristotle's Poetics is the first work of literary criticism ever written and the first philosophical account of an art form. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Poetics is an accessible guide to this often dense and cryptic work. Angela Curran introduces and assesses: Aristotle's life and the background to the Poetics; The ideas and text of the Poetics; The continuing importance of Aristotle's work to philosophy today." -- ER -