18 books like Ars poetica

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Cárcel de amor Diego de San Pedro · 1492 · 88p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Compuesta entre 1483 y 1485, e impresa en 1492, constituyó un auténtico éxito editorial en la época y fue pronto traducida a otras lenguas europeas. Siguió reeditándose y traduciéndose todavía en el siglo XVI y XVII. Cuenta una desgraciada historia de amor entre Leriano y Laureola. Una gran parte de la novela es epistolar. El erotismo sigue las convenciones del amor cortés y se representa de… Shares: Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature

Historia Alexandri Magni Quintus Curtius Rufus · 1481 · ★ 4.2 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Demanding The Roman historian's account of the conquests of Alexander the Great is one of the primary sources of our knowledge of the Macedonian conquest and its leader. Shares: Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Early works to 1800

In Catilinam Cicero · 1475 · ★ 3.9 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Emile and Juliette Hazel have just purchased what will be their final home, set in a little clearing an hour's drive from the nearest town. Here, they think, is the place for an idyllic retirement, isolated from the rest of the world save for one neighbor, a doctor, on the far side of the clearing. One day, after they have spent a week in the house, the Hazels' new neighbor comes knocking at… Shares: Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, History and criticism

Poetics Aristotle · 1536 · ★ 3.8 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Demanding One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy. Shares: Poetics, Aesthetics, Early works to 1800, Poetry

El conde Lucanor Don Juan Manuel · 1839 · ★ 3.3 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging En El conde Lucanor alcanzan culminación y síntesis las tradiciones cuentísticas del mundo oriental y de los predicadores cristianos. La popularidad obtenida por los exempla incluidos en la primera parte no debe, sin embargo, oscurecer la habilidad con que Don Juan Manuel organiza el conjunto y combina distintos recursos retóricos. La pareja formada por el conde Lucanor y su ayo Patronio traspasa… Shares: Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Poetry

De bello judaico Flavius Josephus · 1481 · ★ 3.0 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Demanding The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian. It has been described by the biblical historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history". (Source: Wikipedia) Shares: Latin American literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Early works to 1800

Essays Matthew Arnold · 1865 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The Victorian English poet and essayist Matthew Arnold was the archetypal sage writer, noted for his classical attacks on the tastes and manners of his time. His poetry is characterised by its classically poised, serene and grand style, which is often intimate, personal, full of romantic regret and nostalgic in tone. Arnold’s incisive essays chastised and instructed the reader on contemporary… Shares: Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry

Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initially criticized as the product of Coleridge's opiate-driven descent into illness, more recent critics have given the work far more credit and recognition. The book is the origin of the well-known… Shares: Aesthetics, Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry

Cognitive Poetics Peter Stockwell · 2002 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of Cognitive Poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis.The second edition of this seminal text features:• updated theory, frameworks, and examples throughout, including new explanations of literary meaning, the power of reading, literary force, and emotion; • extended examples of literary… Shares: Poetics, Poetry

Tristia; Ex Ponto Ovid · 1892 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Shakespeare's favourite poet, deserves a place in the digital library of all lovers of classic literature. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Ovid, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual… Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, Latin Epistolary poetry, Poetry

Q. Horatii Flacci opera Horace · 1498 · ★ 3.5 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Shares: Poetics, Latin Epistolary poetry, Poetry

Intentions Oscar Wilde · 1891 · ★ 3.3 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the Library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian, don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods Shares: Aesthetics, Criticism, History and criticism

An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue Francis Hutcheson · 1725 · ★ 5.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Demanding "The Inquiry was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities. The first treatise argues that human beings possess a natural internal sense of beauty, whereas the second focuses on the "moral sense" that enables us to… Shares: Aesthetics, Early works to 1800

Moralia Plutarch · 1500 · ★ 4.0 · 15p · ≈ 30m · Demanding The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right. Shares: Latin American literature, Early works to 1800, Poetry

Aeneis Publius Vergilius Maro · 1592 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Demanding "Virgil's masterpiece of Latin poetry, a lively, dramatic poem of daring and adventure, of love and loss, of devotion and death. " Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, History and criticism, Poetry

Πολιτικά (Politiká) Aristotle · 1492 · ★ 3.7 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Demanding "This new translation of one of the fundamental texts of Western political thought combines strict fidelity to Aristotle's Greek with a contemporary English prose style. Lord's intention throughout is to retain Aristotle's distinctive style. The accompanying notes provide literary and historical references, call attention to textual problems, and supply other essential information and… Shares: Aesthetics, Early works to 1800, History and criticism, Poetry

Essay on criticism Alexander Pope · 1711 · 35p · ≈ 1h · Demanding With an elaborate introductory study. Shares: Criticism, Early works to 1800, Poetry

Carmina Horace · 1712 · ★ 4.0 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Demanding "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the case - a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into… Shares: Latin Epistolary poetry, History and criticism, Poetry

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