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CONTENTS 
BOOK III. ustice 
IX. 
Justice essential to the state 
AAA 
BOOK VIII. Education 
ii. Avoidance of ‘banausic’ studies 
iii. Role of music in a liberal education 
THE ART OF POETRY 
Mimésis: its means 
The objects of mimésis 
The manner of mimésis 
Origin and early development of poetry 
Comedy, epic ] 
Definition be tragedy; its six formative elements 
Plot requirements: Proper magnitude 
Plot requirements: Unity 
Poetry compared with history 
Simple and complex plots 
Reversal and discovery 
The technical divisions of tragedy 
Aim and proper effect of tragedy 
Kinds of action arousing pity and fear 
Requirements of tragic characters 
Kinds of ‘discovery’ 
Practical advice for the tragic poet 
On plot construction 
Diction and thought 
Metaphor 
The role of poetic diction 
The epic 
Poetry and truth 
Some problems of poetic criticism 
Epic and tragedy compared 
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xix. 
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XXii. 
xxiii. 
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INDICES 
Index of Greek Words 
Index of Persons 
Index of Topics 
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