Routledge The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context - Routledge Monograph

This Routledge monograph provides a comprehensive examination of Aristotle's Poetics within the wider framework of Aristotelian philosophy, bridging classical scholarship with foundational philosophical inquiry. The volume addresses longstanding interpretive challenges in the treatise-including the elusive concepts of catharsis, mimesis, and tragic pleasure-by situating poetic theory within Aristotle's complete philosophical system. Rather than isolating individual concepts, the contributors demonstrate how poetic ideas interconnect with Aristotelian thought across ethics, metaphysics, and natural philosophy. This approach opens new avenues for understanding the Poetics' relevance to ancient drama studies and contemporary literary theory. Scholars, classicists, and philosophy students will find rigorous contextual analysis that clarifies difficult passages whilst revealing unexpected connections between the Poetics and other Aristotelian treatises.