Note 1 — Chapter VI · THE POETIC OF ARISTOTLE[1]
Reading edition
The best recent editions of the Poetic for English readers are: (1) S. H. Butcher, Aristotle’s Theory of Poetry and Fine Art, text, translation, notes, essays, London, 1895, 4th edition, 1911 (text with translation issued separately); (2) Ingram Bywater, Aristotle on the Art of Poetry, text, translation, introduction, commentary, Oxford, 1909. For other translations and for a select bibliography see Butcher. Lane Cooper has added to his “amplified version with supplementary illustrations for students of English,” Boston, 1913, an essay (1923) on Meaning and Influence.