The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle
Language: English
Table of Contents:
- I 'Imitation' the common principle of the Arts of Poetry.
- II The Objects of Imitation.
- III The Manner of Imitation.
- IV The Origin and Development of Poetry.
- V Definition of the Ludicrous, and a brief sketch of the rise of Comedy.
- VI Definition of Tragedy.
- VII The Plot must be a Whole.
- VIII The Plot must be a Unity.
- IX (Plot continued.) Dramatic Unity.
- X (Plot continued.) Definitions of Simple and Complex Plots.
- XI (Plot continued.) Reversal of the Situation, Recognition, and Tragic or disastrous Incident defin
- XII The 'quantitative parts' of Tragedy defined.
- XIII (Plot continued.) What constitutes Tragic Action.
- XIV (Plot continued.) The tragic emotions of pity and fear should spring out of the Plot itself.
- XV The element of Character in Tragedy.
- XVI (Plot continued.) 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 continued.) How Poetry combines elevation of language with perspicuity.
- XXIII Epic Poetry.
- XXIV (Epic Poetry continued.) 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.