Major Works

• Poetics

  - Aristotle. On Poetics. Translated by Seth Benardete and Michael Davis. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2002.
  First lines (W.D. Ross translation) : I propose to treat of Poetry in itself and of its various kinds, noting the essential quality of each, to inquire into the structure of the plot as requisite to a good poem; into the number and nature of the parts of… More

Commentary

• Aristotle’s Teleological Theory of Tragedy and Epic

  - Held, G. F. Aristotle’s Teleological Theory of Tragedy and Epic. Heidelberg, 1995.
  Review: “In a helpful preface, Held  tells the reader exactly what to expect. In this book, “the 1st of 2 interconnected volumes,” he “proposes and defends and interpretation of Aristotle’s theory of tragedy,” and “defends the validity… More