Basel: Pietro de Sedabonis. 1576. Binding: contemporary full vellum, title in period ink on the flat spine., Notes: Poetica d'Aristotele vulgarizzata e sposta ("The Poetics of Aristotle translated in the Vulgar Language and commented on") was called the most famous Italian Renaissance commentary on Aristotle's Poetics. La poetica was extremely influential in the history of drama and of criticism. Castelvetro emphasized realism in drama, clarified the distinction between rhetoric and poetry, and defended poetry as a means of pleasure alone—as opposed to the earlier opinion that poetry should instruct as well as delight. Another critical notion that Castelvetro took issue with was the Platonic concept that poets are possessed with a divine sort of madness. Castelvetro asserted that this was a myth perpetuated by the ignorant masses and by poets themselves.

Lodovico Castelvetro (c.1505–1571) was an important figure in the development of neoclassicism, especially in drama. It was his reading of Aristotle that led to a widespread adoption of a tight version of the Three Unities, as a dramatic standard.
, Size: Quarto,, Category: Book Social Sciences; Book Literature. Uniform mild browning, otherwise a very good copy. Item #B6440

Binding: contemporary full vellum, title in period ink on the flat spine., Notes: Poetica d'Aristotele vulgarizzata e sposta ("The Poetics of Aristotle translated in the Vulgar Language and commented on") was called the most famous Italian Renaissance commentary on Aristotle's Poetics. La poetica was extremely influential in the history of drama and of criticism. Castelvetro emphasized realism in drama, clarified the distinction between rhetoric and poetry, and defended poetry as a means of pleasure alone—as opposed to the earlier opinion that poetry should instruct as well as delight. Another critical notion that Castelvetro took issue with was the Platonic concept that poets are possessed with a divine sort of madness. Castelvetro asserted that this was a myth perpetuated by the ignorant masses and by poets themselves.

Lodovico Castelvetro (c.1505–1571) was an important figure in the development of neoclassicism, especially in drama. It was his reading of Aristotle that led to a widespread adoption of a tight version of the Three Unities, as a dramatic standard.
, Size: Quarto,, Category: Book Social Sciences; Book Literature.

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