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Poetic and Legal Fiction in the Aristotelian Tradition /

When Philip Sidney defends poetry by defending the methods used by poets and lawyers alike, he relies on the traditional association between fiction and legal procedure--an association that begins with Aristotle. In this study Kathy Eden offers a new understanding of this tradition, from its origins...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eden, Kathy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 480
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. Legal Proof and Tragic Recognition: The Aristotelian Grounds of Discovery
  • Two. Poetry and Equity: Aristotle's Defense of Fiction
  • Three. Rhetoric and Psychology: The Aristotelian Foundations of the Poetic Image
  • Four. Image and Imitation: Aristotle's Contribution to a Christian Literary Theory
  • Appendix. Hamlet and the Reaches of Aristotelian Tragedy
  • Index