Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Groundwork
6. Chapter 1. Aristotle’s Arts and Sciences 19
7. Chapter 2. Causes 47
8. Part II. The Symbolon Argument
9. Chapter 3. Causes in the Poetics 59
10. Chapter 4. Poetic Imitation 65
11. Chapter 5. Expectations of Poetics II 79
12. Chapter 6. The Epitome of Poetics II 83
13. Chapter 7. Comparison of the Epitome with Our Expectations 86
14. Part III. The Kinds of Poetry
15. Chapter 8. Imitative Poetry 99
16. Chapter 9. Historical, Educational, and Imitative Poetry 106
17. Chapter 10. Historical Poetry 110
18. Chapter 11. Educational Poetry 125
19. Chapter 12. Transition to the Specific Ends of Imitative Poetry 135
20. Part IV. The End of Tragedy
21. Chapter 13. The End of Tragedy as Catharsis 141
22. Chapter 14. The Fearful Emotions 150
23. Chapter 15. The Removal of Emotions by Emotions 152
24. Chapter 16. The Aim of Tragedy: Symmetry 158
25. Chapter 17. The Mother of Tragedy: Pain 164
26. Chapter 18. Poetry and the Practical Sciences 168
27. Part V. Comedy
28. Chapter 19. The Definition of Comedy 179
29. Chapter 20. The Mother of Comedy: Laughter 183
30. Chapter 21. The Laughable 188
31. Chapter 22. The Embodiment of the Laughable in Comedy 235
32. Conclusion 251
33. Appendix: The Order and Provenance of the Aristotelian Corpus 253
34. Notes 277
35. Bibliography 289
36. Index 295