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Richard Janko evaluates structure, language, and ideas, defending its authenticity and using related sources to clarify Aristotle’s view of humour and the comedic counterpart to tragic catharsis. 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hisPoetics,the sequel to his profoundly origi-nal and influential work on tragedy.In 1839the 'Tractatus Coislinianus',a summarisedtreatise about comedy,was published froma tenth-century manuscript now in Paris.Its discoverer suggested that it derivedfrom the lost work of Aristotle,but beforelong the eminent scholar Jacob Bernayscondemned it as an gnorant compilationbordering on forgery,a verdict that hasever since passed unchallenged.From de-tailed scrutiny of the structure,languageand ideas of this undeservedly neglectedtreatise and related sources,ProfessorJanko argues that it does indeed suppiy thecardinal points of Poetics Il,revealingAristotle's views on comedy and the natureof humour,as exemplified in the plays ofAristophanes,Athens'greatest comedian.Light is shed on numerous aspects of theiterary criticism of Aristotle and his succes-sors,especially on what he meant bycatharsis in tragedy and comedy.A newedition of the text is accompanied by afacing translation,interpretative essays,reconstruction and commentary.  \nBy coincidence the book appears whenpopular interest in Aristotle's lost work hasbeen aroused by Umberto Eco's best-selling novel The Name of the Rose,whichconcerns the sinister attempts of amedieval scholar to conceal the presenceof the manuscript in a monastic library.Thetext described in the novel is the one whoseauthenticity Dr Janko here defends.  \nARISTOTLE  \nON COMEDY  \nTowards a reconstruction ofPoetics II  \nRichard Janko  \nUniversity of California PressBerkeley and Los Angeles  \nFirst published in 1984 byUniversity of California PressBerkeley and Los Angeles  \n◎1984 by RichardJanko  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced,stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted,in any form or by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the priorpermission of the publisher.  \nLibrary of Congress Catalogingin Publication Data  \nJanko,Richard,1955-Aristotle on comedy.  \nBibliography:p.Includes index.  \n1.Comedy.2.Tractatus Coislinianus.3.Aristotle-  \nAuthorship.I.Aristotle.Poetics.II.Title.808.2'523      84-2460PN1924.J361984ISBN 0-520-05303-6  \nTypeset and Printed in Great Britain  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements  \n:  \nPart I.Introduction:the anonymous 'Treatise on Comedy'  \n The 'Tractatus Coislinianus'  \n2 The Manuscripts  \n4  \nPart II.Text and Translation  \n194242527791  \nPart III.Origins and Authorship  \ni Origins  \n2 The question of Aristotelian authorship  \n3 The problem of authenticity  \nPart IV.Poetics II:a hypothetical reconstruction  \nPart V.Conclusion:an evaluation of the Treatise  \nNotes to Parts I-V  \nPart VI.Commentary on the Treatise  \nBibliography  \nIndices  \nbetween pages 8 and g  \nPlates 1-4(MSS C and V)  \nμóvov yeλa rωv ζwv avθpwπos  \nAristotle  \n\"Truth can only be found by the exclusion of untruth.'  \nA.Conan Doyle  \n'Books are not made to be believed,but to be subjected to enquiry.'William of Baskerville  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis book began to form in my mind when I was given theopportunity to lecture on Aristotle's Poetics at the University of StAndrews;when one evening the diligent undergraduates hadborrowed all modern texts of the work,I was obliged to use vonChrist's Teubner,wherein I first encountered the TractatusCoislinianus.It is therefore to them,even if indirectly,that I owethe most,but I must also thank them and their counterparts atCambridge for listening to my ideas and making me develop themfurther.My College,by electing me to a Research Fellowship inClassics,has given me the precious gift of time,time not only toround off a previous work but to complete this also.For providinga forum at which the central hypothesis could be subjected toexpert scrutiny and criticism,I am most grateful to the organisersof the London seminars on Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics,Mr 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