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Plato's critique of Homer has often been misunderstood as an attack on mimesis, a misunderstanding which to some degree his own words warrant.
Aristotle, however, gives a defence of poetics that better represents the Classical critical tradition. I present it here, and explain possible misunderstandings.
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Plato's critique of Homer has often been misunderstood as an attack on mimesis, a misunderstanding which to some degree his own words warrant.
Aristotle, however, gives a defence of poetics that better represents the Classical critical tradition. I present it here, and explain possible misunderstandings.
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