poetics
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See also: poètics
English
Etymology
From the Poetics of Aristotle.
Noun
poetics (plural poetics)
- (philosophy, literature) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general.
- 1988 October 21, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Bird Watching”, in Chicago Reader:
- Both significantly build on the poetics of death and dissolution that Black and Tan broached so powerfully […] .
Derived terms
Translations
the theory of poetry
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