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Aristotle on the art of poetry

by Aristotle (384–322 BCE)

26 chapters, about 19,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 3,100 words
2. 1 600 words
3. 2 300 words
4. 3 300 words
5. 4 900 words
6. 5 400 words
7. 6 1,000 words
8. 7 400 words
9. 8 300 words
10. 9 800 words
11. 11 400 words
12. 12 200 words
13. 13 600 words
14. 14 700 words
15. 15 600 words
16. 16 600 words
17. 17 500 words
18. 18 700 words
19. 19 300 words
20. 20 700 words
21. 21 900 words
22. 22 800 words
23. 23 400 words
24. 24 1,000 words
25. 25 1,400 words
26. 26 700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Aeschylus
• Metaphor
• Orestes (prefect of Egypt)
• Poetry
• Vowel

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