Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. NOTE ON NUMBERING AND DOCUMENTATION xv
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. Historical Introduction xix
7. Statement of Editorial Principles ccxiv
8. Textual Introduction ccxix
9. CHAPTER 1 Poetry and Imagination 1
10. CHAPTER 2 Social Aims 43
11. CHAPTER 3 Eloquence 59
12. CHAPTER 4 Resources 72
13. CHAPTER 5 The Comic 82
14. CHAPTER 6 Quotation and Originality 93
15. CHAPTER 7 Progress of Culture 108
16. CHAPTER 8 Persian Poetry 124
17. CHAPTER 9 Inspiration 150
18. CHAPTER 10 Greatness 167
19. CHAPTER 11 Immortality 178
20. NOTES 195
21. TEXTUAL APPARATUS 300
22. ANNEX A THE MANUSCRIPTS 323
23. APPENDIX TO ANNEX A ALTERATIONS IN THE MANUSCRIPTS 327
24. ANNEX B PARALLEL PASSAGES 339
25. INDEX 373