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 in Aristotle's Poetics and De Anima, through its development in the psychological and rhetorical theory of late antiquity and the Middle Ages, to its culmination in the literary theory of the Renaissance. Originally published in ...
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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 in Aristotle's Poetics and De Anima, through its development in the psychological and rhetorical theory of late antiquity and the Middle Ages, to its culmination in the literary theory of the Renaissance. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows some light edgewear, including a small stain at the top edge of the front panel. 198pp.
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0691066973. ix + 198 pp. Index. Glossy green dj with black and white classical scene is clean, just a bit of shelf wear, bit of edge curling. Interior clean and tight. Nice copy. Includes: Legal Proof and Tragic Recognition-the Aristotelian Grounds of discovery; Aristotle's Defense of fiction; Rhetoric and Psychology-The Aristotelian Foundations of the Poetic Image; Aristotle's Contribution to a Christian Literary Theory; Appendix: Hamlet and the Reaches of Aristotelian Tragedy.; 8vo-over 7"-9" tall.
