For 10 points, what concepts, consisting of action, time, and place, underlie the ideal dramatic structure outlined in Aristotle's Poetics?
The centrality of these concepts in Europe began with a translation and commentary written "in the vulgar language" by Lodovico Castelvetro. A denunciation of these concepts concludes with a misquoted passage from Virgil that translates as "ye shall sing in alternate verses; alternate verses please the muses" in the Preface to Cromwell. A pamphlet war over these concepts pitted Jean Mairet and Georges de Scudéry (zhahn "my"-RAY and zhorzh de skoo-DAY-ree) against an author whose work was investigated by the French Academy at the personal request of Cardinal Richelieu. The French "pièce bien faite" (p'YES byahn fay) was based on these concepts, which Pierre Corneille's (cor-NAY's) Le Cid was denounced for ignoring. For 10 points, what concepts, consisting of action, time, and place, underlie the ideal dramatic structure outlined in Aristotle's Poetics?
The centrality of these concepts in Europe began with a translation and commentary written "in the vulgar language" by Lodovico Castelvetro.
dramatic unities [or three unities; or two unities; or Aristotle's unities; or Aristotelian unities; or poetic unities; or unities of action, time, and place (accept in any order); accept answers mentioning unity singular; prompt on "Aristotelian rules" or similar answers involving "Aristotle" and the idea of "rules" before "Aristotle"]