Über die Dichtkunst beim Aristoteles Neu übersetzt und mit Einleitung und einem erklärenden Namen- und Sachverzeichnis versehen von Alfred Gudemann 1921

This edition offers a fresh German rendering of Aristotle’s Poetics, aiming to bring the ancient treatise’s compact, aphoristic style to modern ears. The translator explains why earlier versions—chiefly the Ueberweg line—strayed from the original wording, and he leans on a long‑overlooked Syriac‑Arabic translation to recover nuances that were lost in previous attempts.

Accompanying the text is a concise introduction that maps out the work’s central concepts, from imitation and catharsis to the threefold distinction of means, objects, and purposes in poetry. A practical name‑and‑subject index follows, designed to help listeners locate key terms without wading through dense scholarly commentary. For anyone curious about the foundations of literary theory, this clear, faithful translation makes Aristotle’s concise insights accessible while preserving the terse, almost lecture‑like character of the original.