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'Imitation' the common principle of the Arts of Poetry. |
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II |
The Objects of Imitation. |
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The Manner of Imitation. |
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IV |
The Origin and Development of Poetry. |
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V |
Definition of the Ludicrous, and a brief sketch of the rise of Comedy. |
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Definition of Tragedy. |
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VII |
The Plot must be a Whole. |
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VIII |
The Plot must be a Unity. |
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(Plot continued.) Dramatic Unity. |
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(Plot continued.) Definitions of Simple and Complex Plots. |
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XI |
(Plot continued.) Reversal of the Situation, Recognition, and Tragic or disastrous Incident defined and explained. |
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XII |
The 'quantitative parts' of Tragedy defined. |
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XIII |
(Plot continued.) What constitutes Tragic Action. |
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(Plot continued.) The tragic emotions of pity and fear should spring out of the Plot itself. |
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The element of Character in Tragedy. |
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(Plot continued.) Recognition: its various kinds, with examples. |
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Practical rules for the Tragic Poet. |
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XVIII |
Further rules for the Tragic Poet. |
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XIX |
Thought, or the Intellectual element, and Diction in Tragedy. |
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XX |
Diction, or Language in general. |
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Poetic Diction. |
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XXII |
(Poetic Diction continued.) How Poetry combines elevation of language with perspicuity. |
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XXIII |
Epic Poetry. |
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XXIV |
(Epic Poetry continued.) Further points of agreement with Tragedy. |
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XXV |
Critical Objections brought against Poetry, and the principles on which they are to be answered. |
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XXVI |
A general estimate of the comparative worth of Epic Poetry and Tragedy. |