Rhetoric and Poetics - Aristotle torrent

Category: Classic, Literature, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Corpus Aristotelicum Dramatic Theory Greek Literary Theory Philosophy Rhetoric

Written by Aristotle
Read by James Cameron Stewart
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Duration: 10 hrs and 38 mins

[Poetics is translated by S. H. Butcher and Rhetoric is translated by W. Rhys Roberts]

Rhetoric (Greek: Ῥητορική, Latin: Ars Rhetorica) is an ancient Greek treatise on the art of persuasion, dating from the 4th century BC. It consists of three books, dividing the topic into the overview, the means of persuasion and the style.

Poetics (Greek: Περὶ ποιητικῆς; Latin: De Poetica) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory in the West. In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls “poetry” (a term that derives from a classical Greek term, ποιητής, that means “poet; author; maker” and in this context includes verse drama – comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play – as well as lyric poetry and epic poetry).

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