I
'Imitation' the common principle of the Arts of Poetry.
IV
The Origin and Development of Poetry.
V
Definition of the Ludicrous, and a brief sketch of the rise of Comedy.
VIII
The Plot must be a Unity.
X
Plot: Definitions of Simple and Complex Plots.
XII
The 'quantitative parts' of Tragedy defined.
XIII
Plot: What constitutes Tragic Action.
XIV
Plot: The tragic emotions of pity and fear should
spring out of the Plot itself.
XV
The element of Character in Tragedy.
XVI
Plot: Recognition: its various kinds, with examples.
XVII
Practical rules for the Tragic Poet.
XVIII
Further rules for the Tragic Poet.
XIX
Thought, or the Intellectual element, and Diction in Tragedy.
XX
Diction, or Language in general.
XXI
Poetic Diction.
XXII
Poetic Diction: How Poetry combines elevation of
language with perspicuity.
XXIII
Epic Poetry.
XXIV
Epic Poetry: Further points of agreement with Tragedy.
XXV
Critical Objections brought against Poetry, and the principles on which they are to be answered.
XXVI
A general estimate of the comparative worth of Epic Poetry and Tragedy.
Poetics by Aristotle
