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Aristotle on the art of poetry

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  • ale mhas quoted2 years ago
    It may be argued that, if the less vulgar is the higher, and the less vulgar is always that which addresses the better public, an art addressing any and every one is of a very vulgar order
  • Martin Zdravkovhas quoted3 years ago
    The construction of its stories should clearly be like that in a drama; they should be based on a single action, one that is a complete whole in itself, with a beginning, middle, and end, so as to enable the work to produce its own proper pleasure with all the organic unity of a living creature.
  • Martin Zdravkovhas quoted3 years ago
    Homer, admirable as he is in every other respect, is especially so in this, that he alone among epic poets is not unaware of the part to be played by the poet himself in the poem.

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