Περὶ ποιητικῆς
Poetics
Aristotle Ἀριστοτέλης · 384 – 322 BCE
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A short, compressed set of lecture notes that still sets the terms for talking about drama and story: imitation, plot as the soul of tragedy, reversal and recognition, pity and fear. Half of it is lost, and what survives is often cryptic, yet critics in every European century have argued with it. Few books so small have shaped so much later making.