Aristotle’s
Poetics
is the first philosophical account of an art form and the foundational text in aesthetics.
The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Poetics
is an accessible guide to this often dense and cryptic work. Angela Curran introduces and assesses:
Aristotle’s life and the background to the
the ideas and text of the
the continuing importance of Aristotle’s work to philosophy today