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Aristotle On Poetics

Aristotle. Poetics. Edited and translated by Stephen Halliwell. Longinus. On the Sublime. Edited and translated by W. H. Fyfe, revised by Donald Russell. Demetrius. On Style. Edited and translated by Doris C. Innes, based on W. Rhys Roberts. Loeb Classical Library 199. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.

The digital edition of this specific volume is hosted by the Loeb Classical Library through Harvard University Press. You can access the official digital version and the specific introductory sections via the following links:

Official Loeb Digital Library – Main Volume Page: https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL199/1995/volume.xml

Direct Link to Halliwell’s Introduction to the Poetics: https://www.loebclassics.com/view/aristotle-poetics/1995/pb_LCL199.3.xml

Harvard University Press (Physical Edition Details): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674995635

For a broader scholarly review of this specific 1995 revision, the Bryn Mawr Classical Review provides a detailed assessment of Halliwell’s editorial choices:

Bryn Mawr Classical Review (1996.09.08): https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1996/1996.09.08/

Internet Archive (1927 First Edition): https://archive.org/details/aristotlepoetics00aris_0 This is a full scan of the 1927 printing, including the original introductions by Fyfe and Roberts.

Internet Archive (1960 Reprint): https://archive.org/details/aristotlepoetics0000fyfe A later printing of the same Fyfe translation, which was the standard Loeb text for nearly seventy years.

Perseus Digital Library (Searchable Text): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0056 Perseus hosts the 1927 Fyfe English translation in a searchable, hyperlinked format, though it is often displayed without the facing Greek text found in the physical volumes.

HathiTrust Digital Library: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006677931 This catalog entry provides access to various early 20th-century printings of the Fyfe translation for those with institutional access.

 

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