--- product_id: 576372261 title: "Poetics" price: "£6.95" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/576372261-poetics store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Poetics **Price:** £6.95 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Poetics - **How much does it cost?** £6.95 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/576372261-poetics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Fingerprint! Pocket Classics are perfect pocket-sized editions with complete original content. “Comedy aims at representing men as worse, tragedy as better than in actual life.” meticulously enquiring into the emotional bent of man and his psychological reactions, Aristotle’s poetics discusses the origins of epic poetry and examines all poetry as being a form of imitation. It explores the various components of tragedy—plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song—and its effects. A masterpiece of literary criticism, poetics has majorly influenced literary theories. Even after centuries it continues to remain an evaluation benchmark for literature. Review: A Classic Text - This is fantastic. It's a classic of philosophy and communication. I've been meaning to purchase this foe my home library for years and now I have it. Review: How to really write a story - A good guide on how to write a story. Forget all this rising action/climax/falling action nonsense. Instead have a unity of action, a noble character or protagonist with a human failing. Have him make a tragic error (hamartia) which will lead to a peripeteia or reversal of fortune... good luck to bad luck. Let the plot become complicated with unforeseen consequences which will lead to disaster in which the main character suffers the most as a consequence of his foolish actions. Let the story finish with him understanding that he is the author of his own downfall (anagnorisis). Let the reader go away with a sense of pathos for the protagonist. Read Sophocles's Antigone and you will see this perfectly. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #169,974 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Philosophy Aesthetics #94 in Classic Greek Literature #102 in Ancient & Classical Literature | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,811 Reviews | ## Images ![Poetics - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61PurX5grRL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Classic Text *by B***R on June 11, 2025* This is fantastic. It's a classic of philosophy and communication. I've been meaning to purchase this foe my home library for years and now I have it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How to really write a story *by P***S on March 20, 2018* A good guide on how to write a story. Forget all this rising action/climax/falling action nonsense. Instead have a unity of action, a noble character or protagonist with a human failing. Have him make a tragic error (hamartia) which will lead to a peripeteia or reversal of fortune... good luck to bad luck. Let the plot become complicated with unforeseen consequences which will lead to disaster in which the main character suffers the most as a consequence of his foolish actions. Let the story finish with him understanding that he is the author of his own downfall (anagnorisis). Let the reader go away with a sense of pathos for the protagonist. Read Sophocles's Antigone and you will see this perfectly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Readable *by M***A on December 10, 2011* I was surprised at how readable this was. Artistotle's world was very different that ours is today. He talks of poetry and drama, which we think of as separate, as being the same thing. And of the addition of a second player in that drama as being an innovation. But his talk of the use of spectacle in poetry/drama made me think of the sometimes tiresome CGI spectacles in our modern movie dramas. His observations applied equally to his time and to our most current entertainment. He was the first to write down many of the principles of plot and character that sometimes seem so obvious as to not need mentioning. And then he'll use that obvious observation to provide an insight that might not otherwise be quite so clear. Some parts are just as relevant now as they ever were. Some parts are fascinating from an historical perspective, and made me wish I were more familiar with his chosen exemplars, like Aeschylus, Homer, and Euripides. Some parts are just cool, like his dissertation on metaphors, and how to construct them. And Some parts are more wholely of his time than ours. Readable, for the most part, and anyone who professes a love of writing should read this. ## Frequently Bought Together - Poetics - Socrates' Defence - White Nights --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/576372261-poetics](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/576372261-poetics) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-07-03*