I graduated from New York University in 1982 with a B.A. in English Literature; having earned enough credits to minor in Classics. In pursuit of a Catholic Great Books education, I later attended Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, CA, where I graduated in 1994 with a second B.A., this time in the Liberal Arts. In between, I continued my literary studies in the Graduate Program at the University of Delaware. Address: Newark, Delaware, United States
Collection of primary and secondary sources supplementing my paper on the traditional story or 't... more Collection of primary and secondary sources supplementing my paper on the traditional story or 'tale', encompassing discussions of myth from ancient to modern times, with a related consideration of the origin of religion and the nature of symbolism.
On the traditional story, e.g. folktale, myth and related forms, arriving at brief definitions em... more On the traditional story, e.g. folktale, myth and related forms, arriving at brief definitions employing both traditional categories from folklore studies, as well as from Aristotle's Poetics.
Primary and secondary sources on the conjunction (and preposition) in relation to the name and ve... more Primary and secondary sources on the conjunction (and preposition) in relation to the name and verb as principal parts of speech. Considerations of consignification in the connective parts of speech, as well as in the verb and the determiners 'every' and 'no'.
Aristotle on the Sorts of Characters to be Portrayed in Tragedy and the Recovery of its Lost Coun... more Aristotle on the Sorts of Characters to be Portrayed in Tragedy and the Recovery of its Lost Counterpart in the Case of Comedy: The Evidence Supplied by Cicero, De Oratore ii.237-239
An investigation of the definitions of the connective parts of lexis as found in Poetics Chapter ... more An investigation of the definitions of the connective parts of lexis as found in Poetics Chapter 20, issuing an attempted restoration of the text.
Aristotle's treatment of the parts of lexis, with special attention to a problem associated with ... more Aristotle's treatment of the parts of lexis, with special attention to a problem associated with the definition of the conjunction. Note that this paper is followed by a treatment of the Peripatetic tradition on the conjunction and preposition, as well as by another paper on the sundesmos and arthron.
In this paper I examine the relation of these terms in the light of Aristotle's remarks in the Po... more In this paper I examine the relation of these terms in the light of Aristotle's remarks in the Poetics and associated texts.
On skenographia, “painting on the skene,” as found in Aristotle, Poet. ch. 4 (1449a 19), with sup... more On skenographia, “painting on the skene,” as found in Aristotle, Poet. ch. 4 (1449a 19), with supplemental texts, ancient and modern.
Several short extracts from modern commentators followed by the relevant parts of the foregoing a... more Several short extracts from modern commentators followed by the relevant parts of the foregoing arranged according to an outline by Prof. Malcolm Heath of the University of Leeds, which originally appeared as part of his online course notes entitled CLAS3152: FURTHER GREEK LITERATURE II: Aristotle’s Poetics.
Primary and secondary sources on the dialogue form, as defined by Aristotle and exemplified by Pl... more Primary and secondary sources on the dialogue form, as defined by Aristotle and exemplified by Plato.
Excerpts of relevant passages from the Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle manifesting the metres o... more Excerpts of relevant passages from the Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle manifesting the metres of poetry and the verse-forms they comprise.
Work in progress collection of texts, translations, and selected commentaries. To accompany my pa... more Work in progress collection of texts, translations, and selected commentaries. To accompany my paper On Poetics Ch. 25.
A Restoration of Aristotle’s Poetics, Ch. 25 Exhibiting the Twelve Solutions According to the Fiv... more A Restoration of Aristotle’s Poetics, Ch. 25 Exhibiting the Twelve Solutions According to the Five Problems
Passages on wonder from Poetics Chapters 9 & 24 which, as I argue herein, belong together as part... more Passages on wonder from Poetics Chapters 9 & 24 which, as I argue herein, belong together as part of a single argument; being continuous with the passages I earlier reordered in my paper called ‘Perfect and Whole’: Aristotle’s Poetics on the Structure of the Plot.
The relation of the portrayal of character to the construction of the plot, beginning from Aristo... more The relation of the portrayal of character to the construction of the plot, beginning from Aristotle's Poetics, Chapter 15 on the four requirements of character.
Beginning from Aristotle's statement in Chapter 7 that he has defined tragedy as an imitation of ... more Beginning from Aristotle's statement in Chapter 7 that he has defined tragedy as an imitation of an action perfect and whole, having a certain size, I investigage the course of the argument, determining that certain passages are out of order, while other parts have been lost. In the light of what he understands by such terms as 'perfect', 'whole' 'one', and 'continuous', I attempt a reconstruction of the text, the result of which reveals Aristotle to have structured his consideration according to the three greatest forms of the beautiful, order, symmetry, and the limited or definiteness.
A systematic investigation of what Aristotle considers to be outside the drama or inside; outside... more A systematic investigation of what Aristotle considers to be outside the drama or inside; outside the tragedy or inside; outside the plot or inside, and finally, what is outside or inside the plot as represented, together with related considerations. With an Appendix on the deus ex machina.
Collection of primary and secondary sources supplementing my paper on the traditional story or 't... more Collection of primary and secondary sources supplementing my paper on the traditional story or 'tale', encompassing discussions of myth from ancient to modern times, with a related consideration of the origin of religion and the nature of symbolism.
On the traditional story, e.g. folktale, myth and related forms, arriving at brief definitions em... more On the traditional story, e.g. folktale, myth and related forms, arriving at brief definitions employing both traditional categories from folklore studies, as well as from Aristotle's Poetics.
Primary and secondary sources on the conjunction (and preposition) in relation to the name and ve... more Primary and secondary sources on the conjunction (and preposition) in relation to the name and verb as principal parts of speech. Considerations of consignification in the connective parts of speech, as well as in the verb and the determiners 'every' and 'no'.
Aristotle on the Sorts of Characters to be Portrayed in Tragedy and the Recovery of its Lost Coun... more Aristotle on the Sorts of Characters to be Portrayed in Tragedy and the Recovery of its Lost Counterpart in the Case of Comedy: The Evidence Supplied by Cicero, De Oratore ii.237-239
An investigation of the definitions of the connective parts of lexis as found in Poetics Chapter ... more An investigation of the definitions of the connective parts of lexis as found in Poetics Chapter 20, issuing an attempted restoration of the text.
Aristotle's treatment of the parts of lexis, with special attention to a problem associated with ... more Aristotle's treatment of the parts of lexis, with special attention to a problem associated with the definition of the conjunction. Note that this paper is followed by a treatment of the Peripatetic tradition on the conjunction and preposition, as well as by another paper on the sundesmos and arthron.
In this paper I examine the relation of these terms in the light of Aristotle's remarks in the Po... more In this paper I examine the relation of these terms in the light of Aristotle's remarks in the Poetics and associated texts.
On skenographia, “painting on the skene,” as found in Aristotle, Poet. ch. 4 (1449a 19), with sup... more On skenographia, “painting on the skene,” as found in Aristotle, Poet. ch. 4 (1449a 19), with supplemental texts, ancient and modern.
Several short extracts from modern commentators followed by the relevant parts of the foregoing a... more Several short extracts from modern commentators followed by the relevant parts of the foregoing arranged according to an outline by Prof. Malcolm Heath of the University of Leeds, which originally appeared as part of his online course notes entitled CLAS3152: FURTHER GREEK LITERATURE II: Aristotle’s Poetics.
Primary and secondary sources on the dialogue form, as defined by Aristotle and exemplified by Pl... more Primary and secondary sources on the dialogue form, as defined by Aristotle and exemplified by Plato.
Excerpts of relevant passages from the Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle manifesting the metres o... more Excerpts of relevant passages from the Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle manifesting the metres of poetry and the verse-forms they comprise.
Work in progress collection of texts, translations, and selected commentaries. To accompany my pa... more Work in progress collection of texts, translations, and selected commentaries. To accompany my paper On Poetics Ch. 25.
A Restoration of Aristotle’s Poetics, Ch. 25 Exhibiting the Twelve Solutions According to the Fiv... more A Restoration of Aristotle’s Poetics, Ch. 25 Exhibiting the Twelve Solutions According to the Five Problems
Passages on wonder from Poetics Chapters 9 & 24 which, as I argue herein, belong together as part... more Passages on wonder from Poetics Chapters 9 & 24 which, as I argue herein, belong together as part of a single argument; being continuous with the passages I earlier reordered in my paper called ‘Perfect and Whole’: Aristotle’s Poetics on the Structure of the Plot.
The relation of the portrayal of character to the construction of the plot, beginning from Aristo... more The relation of the portrayal of character to the construction of the plot, beginning from Aristotle's Poetics, Chapter 15 on the four requirements of character.
Beginning from Aristotle's statement in Chapter 7 that he has defined tragedy as an imitation of ... more Beginning from Aristotle's statement in Chapter 7 that he has defined tragedy as an imitation of an action perfect and whole, having a certain size, I investigage the course of the argument, determining that certain passages are out of order, while other parts have been lost. In the light of what he understands by such terms as 'perfect', 'whole' 'one', and 'continuous', I attempt a reconstruction of the text, the result of which reveals Aristotle to have structured his consideration according to the three greatest forms of the beautiful, order, symmetry, and the limited or definiteness.
A systematic investigation of what Aristotle considers to be outside the drama or inside; outside... more A systematic investigation of what Aristotle considers to be outside the drama or inside; outside the tragedy or inside; outside the plot or inside, and finally, what is outside or inside the plot as represented, together with related considerations. With an Appendix on the deus ex machina.
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