I was introduced to Aristotle's 'Poetics' in college and it transformed the trajectory of my life. The Poetics, as you may or may not know, is the foundation for nearly every western-oriented tragedy: novels, plays, films, etc. dating back centuries. It's THE text upon which western drama is founded in so many respects (though not all).<p>However, I was also told Aristotle also wrote/dictated a (now lost to us) rendition of "Comedy." And for the better part of a decade I've been trying to do two things:
- Take modern comedy and dilute it toward logical precepts which could be echoed/reverse engineered to represent what Aristotle may have conceived for that lost treatise
- Find some sliver of Aristotle's lost "Comedy"<p>I realize this isn't the typical fair for YC, but I've asked this question over the years to so many people, across multiple forums, and in person or emails to professors of Greek lit, and I'm as lost as I was when I first learned the "Comedy" was lost...<p>If you have any books you can recommend, people to contact/interview, or just general context on this issue I'd be grateful to hear them.<p>Thank you