The Poetics of Aristotle
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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 (P…
Details
- AuthorAristotle
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1974
- Length15,137 words · 1h 01m of reading
- Chapters26
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
26 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01A Translation By S. H. Butcher
- 02Analysis of Contents
- 03ARISTOTLE'S POETICS
- 04II
- 05III
- 06IV
- 07VI
- 08VII
- 09VIII
- 10IX
- 11XI
- 12XII
- 13XIII
- 14XIV
- 15XV
- 16XVI
- 17XVII
- 18XVIII
- 19XIX
- 20XX
- 21XXI
- 22XXII
- 23XXIII
- 24XXIV
- 25XXV
- 26XXVI
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