Author: HUSAIN, M.,
Title: Ontology and the Art of Tragedy. An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics.
Description: State University of New York Press, IX,152p. Paperback. "'This book is lucidly written and compactly reasoned. It wastes few words and manages to develop its thesis in a progressively interesting manner. Its arguments will repay close attention from anyone concerned with interpretation of the Poetics at an advanced level. Especially instructive is Husain?s sustained engagement with ? indeed endorsement of - the markedly objectivist slant of Aristotle?s thinking about mimetic art. I have, however, serious qualms about two central planks of her case: first, her understanding of the place of pity and fear, and therefore catharsis, in the definition of tragedy; second, the breach that she posits between Aristotle?s understanding of tragic action in art and ethical action in life.' (STEPHEN HALLIWELL, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2004)."

Keywords: 9780791451441