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- I 'Imitation' the common principle of the Arts of...
- II The Objects of Imitation
- III The Manner of Imitation
- IV The Origin and Development of Poetry
- V Definition of the Ludicrous, and a brief sketch of the rise of...
- VI Definition of Tragedy
- VII The Plot must be a Whole
- VIII The Plot must be a Unity
- IX (Plot continued.) Dramatic Unity
- X (Plot continued.) Definitions of Simple and Complex...
- XI (Plot continued.) Reversal of the Situation, Recognition, and Tragic or disastrous Incident defined and...
- XII The 'quantitative parts' of Tragedy defined
- XIII (Plot continued.) What constitutes Tragic...
- XIV (Plot continued.) The tragic emotions of pity and fear should spring out of the Plot...
- XV The element of Character in Tragedy
- XVI (Plot continued.) Recognition: its various kinds, with...
- XVII Practical rules for the Tragic Poet
- XVIII Further rules for the Tragic Poet
- XIX Thought, or the Intellectual element, and Diction in...
- XX Diction, or Language in general
- XXI Poetic Diction
- XXII (Poetic Diction continued.) How Poetry combines elevation of language with...
- XXIII Epic Poetry
- XXIV (Epic Poetry continued.) Further points of agreement with...
- XXV Critical Objections brought against Poetry, and the principles on which they are to be...
- XXVI A general estimate of the comparative worth of Epic Poetry and...
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Does anyone know what the purpose of writing the poetics was?
I do not completely understand why a character has to "accept fate" in order to have cathartic reversal. Why isn't mere self-recognition of events enough to achieve catharsis?
