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Rajesh Sharma
₹350.00
*This title will be released on 27 October 2021
Aristotle’s Poetics is a work of practical counsel, aesthetic principles and philosophical speculation. Rajesh Sharma reads it as a node in a network of several key Aristotelian texts and places the great philosopher’s insights in a broader cultural context for the modern reader. He revisits the world of the ancient Greeks, carrying a bag luminous with illustrations from a vast and various domain, which includes medieval and modern Western philosophy, Renaissance sculpture, impressionist and post-impressionist painting, popular cinema, media, modern technology, neuroscience, European literary classics, modernist fiction, classical Indian philosophy and aesthetics, and the epic of Mahabharata. The book vividly brings home to the reader the enduring power of this ancient work to illuminate the world’s art, literature and culture.
‘Not only is it sharp and pointed, it is lucid and bracingly accessible as well.’
‘The brilliance of the book lies in its being not merely a companion to Poetics but in teasing out paths that help us open up and renew the text by making it contemporary.’
‘Impeccably structured, it makes Poetics accessible to students and researchers, provoking engagement in every chapter.’
‘Professor Sharma’s precise style and clear prose make the book a delight to read.’
‘Rajesh Sharma reads this classical treatise both microscopically and telescopically to unfold its nuances through a parallel reading of other works by Aristotle.’
‘A lucid and amiable exposition of a seminal text that has endured the ups and downs of literary and critical fads.’
‘The Aristotelian project to combat Plato’s view that poets don’t deal with truth but with appearances is elaborated comprehensively and gives purpose to the book.’
Rajesh Sharma