Poetics: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poetics, credited to Aristotle, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of Poetics, by Aristotle. Read by Robert Foster Aristotle's Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal of situation, and character in the context of Greek tragedy, comedy and epic poetry. But it still applies today. It is especially popular with screenwriters as seen in many script gurus' how-to books. (Summary by Robert Foster)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poetics
• Author credits: Aristotle
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 2:23:49

Catalogue topics

• poetry

Track guide

1. Preface — 25:22
2. Chapters 1-3 — 9:07
3. Chapters 4-5 — 9:46
4. Chapters 6-8 — 13:20
5. Chapters 9-13 — 15:20
6. Chapter 14 — 5:29
7. Chapters 15-16 — 8:36
8. Chapters 17-19 — 10:52
9. Chapters 20-21 — 13:22
10. Chapters 22-24 — 16:42
11. Chapters 25-26 — 15:59

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