Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th ...

If you find yourself trying to break down the key elements of a perfect play, you need look no further than the Greeks! Aristotle's analysis of drama in his work Poetics identifies six key ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics, the first and arguably most influential work of literary theory in history. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics ...

Poetics by Aristotle is “the first surviving work devoted to literary criticism”. I was first told it was essential reading (to the point of it being an embarrassment not to have imbibed every ...

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

Bust of Aristotle. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos from 330 BC. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY. We cannot pinpoint when the Poetics was written, although we assume it was ...