John Arthos is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Denison University, USA.

Viewing it as one of his proudest achievements, Gadamer always regretted that his poetics was perhaps the most overlooked aspect of his work. After this thorough and engaging book, this is thankfully no longer the case. It will go a long ways toward correcting the relative neglect of Gadamer in contemporary aesthetics and revising some misconceptions about him as a classicist and a “traditionalist”.

• Foreword List of Abbreviations 1. The Little Poetics 2. The ‘Work’ of Art 3. Clytemnestra Afterword: What is Gebilde? Notes Bibliography Index

John Arthos is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Denison University, USA.

Viewing it as one of his proudest achievements, Gadamer always regretted that his poetics was perhaps the most overlooked aspect of his work. After this thorough and engaging book, this is thankfully no longer the case. It will go a long ways toward correcting the relative neglect of Gadamer in contemporary aesthetics and revising some misconceptions about him as a classicist and a “traditionalist”.

• Foreword List of Abbreviations 1. The Little Poetics 2. The ‘Work’ of Art 3. Clytemnestra Afterword: What is Gebilde? Notes Bibliography Index

John Arthos is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Denison University, USA.

Viewing it as one of his proudest achievements, Gadamer always regretted that his poetics was perhaps the most overlooked aspect of his work. After this thorough and engaging book, this is thankfully no longer the case. It will go a long ways toward correcting the relative neglect of Gadamer in contemporary aesthetics and revising some misconceptions about him as a classicist and a “traditionalist”.

• Foreword List of Abbreviations 1. The Little Poetics 2. The ‘Work’ of Art 3. Clytemnestra Afterword: What is Gebilde? Notes Bibliography Index