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The Poetics of Aristotle

by Aristotle (384–322 BCE)

25 chapters, about 15,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE 200 words
2. I 500 words
3. II 200 words
4. III 300 words
5. IV 700 words
6. V 300 words
7. VI 900 words
8. VII 400 words
9. VIII 300 words
10. IX 700 words
11. XI 300 words
12. XIII 600 words
13. XIV 700 words
14. XV 500 words
15. XVI 600 words
16. XVII 500 words
17. XVIII 600 words
18. XIX 300 words
19. XX 300 words
20. XXI 900 words
21. XXII 1,100 words
22. XXIII 400 words
23. XXIV 1,000 words
24. XXV 1,400 words
25. XXVI 600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Absurdity
• Ethos
• Homer
• Lambda
• Metaphor
• Ousia
• Second
• Style (visual arts)
• Vowel

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