{"product_id":"aristotle-on-dramatic-musical-composition-the-real-role-of-literature-catharsis-music-and-dance-in-the-poetics-9780999704943","title":"Aristotle on Dramatic Musical Composition: The Real Role of Literature, Catharsis, Music and Dance in the POETICS","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book revolutionizes the 1000-year old tradition that stems from the first commentaries on the \u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e by the Arabic scholars. (No commentary exists from antiquity or Byzantine times.) Starting with those scholars, Aristotle's treatise has always been thought to be about poetic-literary theory, with tragedy being its paradigm. Scott demonstrates, however, that Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE) employs \u003cem\u003epoiesis\u003c\/em\u003e not in the way universally assumed until now, as \"poetry,\" which the sophist Gorgias only coined in 415 BCE. Rather, Aristotle follows Diotima, who in the \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e of Plato (c. 424-347) explains \u003cem\u003epoiesis\u003c\/em\u003e as \u003cem\u003emousike kai metra\u003c\/em\u003e (typically \"'music' and verses\" but better \"music-dance and verses\"). One reason Aristotle employs the Diotiman and not the Gorgian sense of \u003cem\u003epoiesis\u003c\/em\u003e is that not one poem exists in the so-called \"\u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e\"; another reason is that the definition of tragedy includes music and dance (\u003cem\u003erhuthmos\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott subsequently demonstrates that Aristotle considers tragedy not to be a species of literature but one of dramatic musical theater that also requires dance and spectacle. Chapter 2 includes a revised version of Scott's \"\u003cem\u003eThe Poetics\u003c\/em\u003e of Performance\" (Cambridge University Press, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also supplements his arguments of \"Purging the \u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e\" (\u003cem\u003eOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, 2003), reprinted here as Chapter 5, providing the additional reasons why Aristotle could not have written the clause with the words catharsis, pity, and fear in the definition of tragedy, as a number of internationally known ancient Greek specialists have already been accepting. As part of his reasons, Scott shows that, despite their recent, very admirable paleography, Leonardo Tarán and Dmitri Gutas too often mangle the philosophical interpretations and even some of the philology regarding the \"musical\" terms, especially when they try to sweep the problems of catharsis under the rug. Also, Tarán and Gutas never even recognize the Diotiman sense of \u003cem\u003epoiesis\u003c\/em\u003e that Aristotle uses, nor do they recognize the philosophical contradictions with keeping the \u003cem\u003ekatharsis\u003c\/em\u003e-clause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll of this allows a fresh and better reading of the treatise that even with its fundamental misinterpretations has been a major part of the foundation of Western literary, dramatic and artistic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUPDATES \u0026amp; ERRATA: www.epspress.com\/ADMCupdates.html\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 includes: Plato's meanings of \u003cem\u003epoiesis\u003c\/em\u003e as \"music-dance and verse\" and his use of \u003cem\u003erhuthmos\u003c\/em\u003e often not as \"rhythm\" but \"dance\"; the importance of dance in the state for Plato; Aristotle's agreement with his mentor on the meaning of the musical terms and the requirement of dance not only in the \u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e but in the \u003cem\u003ePolitics\u003c\/em\u003e, along with the proof that Aristotle considers tragedy to be a species of dramatic \"musical\" art, not literature. 364 pages. List: Hardcover $68; Softcover $48.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 is available at www.amazon.com\/dp\/0999704923\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 (this book) includes the issues of catharsis, pity, and fear, and a complete rebuttal of the only attempted rigorous reply (by Stephen Halliwell in \u003cem\u003eBetween Ecstasy and Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, 2011) to \"Purging the Poetics.\" This volume also contains: Aristotle's response to Plato without catharsis; comedy; whether or not the principles of \"musical\" dramatic theater can be applied to art forms like literature and cinema; the history of the \u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e with regards to the two fundamental misconceptions; Bibliography; and Index for both volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-306548\"\u003eGregory Scott\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Existenceps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999704943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099970494X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI001000\"\u003eAesthetics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA004000\"\u003eEuropean | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter working in the ballet field professionally, Gregory Scott finished his doctoral dissertation, \u003ci\u003eUnearthing Aristotle's Dramatics: Why There is No Theory of Literature in the Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e, under Francis Sparshott at the University of Toronto, while also studying there under one of the esteemed 20th century scholars of the \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel de Montmollin. Other mentors were Joseph Owens (Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e) and Brad Inwood (Pre-Socratics). He then taught for four years as a full-time philosopher at universities in the U.S. and Canada. Afterward, he simultaneously engaged in a post-doctoral fellowship under Sarah (Waterlow) Broadie at Princeton University (Philosophy) while directing the doctoral program in dance education at New York University (NYU).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scott's publications include \"The \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e of Performance: The Necessity of Performance, Spectacle, Music, and Dance in Aristotelian Tragedy\" (Cambridge University Press, 1999). His \"Purging the \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, 2003) has generated substantial debate on both sides of the Atlantic, with some internationally known specialists considering him on the basis of this article alone to have solved finally the problem of catharsis in Aristotle's definition of tragedy (the article is reprinted here as Chapter 5). He has also published on the philosophy of dance in journals such as \u003ci\u003eDance Research Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, including \"Twists and Turns: Modern Misconceptions of Peripatetic Dance Theory\" (\u003ci\u003eDance Research\u003c\/i\u003e, Edinburgh University Press, 2005). His \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Favorite Tragedy: Oedipus or Cresphontes?\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2016, and its 2nd edition appeared in February 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scott has taught occasionally since 1995 in Humanities at NYU (SPS) and is finishing a book entitled \u003ci\u003eAristotle's \"Not to Fear\" Proof for the Necessary Eternality of the Universe without the Unmoved Mover\u003c\/i\u003e (anticipated publication 2019-20).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Existenceps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914297729199,"sku":"9780999704943","price":48.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_649ab4b7-f127-450e-8004-e6a394a7b1e9.jpg?v=1758822769","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/aristotle-on-dramatic-musical-composition-the-real-role-of-literature-catharsis-music-and-dance-in-the-poetics-9780999704943","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}