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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1986.
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Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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