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Incorporating the best modern work on the Poetics , Halliwell's translation is aimed at those who want a reliable version of Aristotle's ideas along with concise and stimulating guidance. A running commentary explains the structure and detail of Aristotle's argument, attempts to provoke further thought about the work's strengths and weaknesses, and offers suggestions on relating the Poetics to later stages of literary theory and practice. |In 1891, Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies. Karen Shapiro uses the ""convict wars"" to analyze the place of convict labor in southern economic development, bringing to life the hopes that rural southerne