The Contents.
| BOOK II. | ||
| Concerning the Subject-Matter of the Epick Poem, or concerning the Action. | ||
| Chap. I. | WHat the Subject-Matter of the Epick Poem is. | p. 53. |
| Chap. II. | Episodes consider'd in their Original. | p. 57. |
| Chap. III. | An Explication of the foregoing Doctrine, by an Instance. | p. 59. |
| Chap. IV. | Of the several sorts of Episodes, and what is meant by this Term. | p. 61. |
| Chap. V. | Concerning the Nature of Episodes. | p. 64. |
| Chap. VI. | The Definition of Episodes. | p. 67. |
| Chap. VII. | Of the Unity of the Action. | p. 69. |
| Chap. VIII. | Of the Faults which corrupt the Unity of the Action. | p. 74. |
| Chap. IX. | Of the Integrity of the Action. | p. 79. |
| Chap. X. | That the Action ought to be a Whole. | p. 81. |
| Chap. XI. | Of the Beginning, Middle, and End of the Action. | p. 85. |
| Chap. XII. | Of the Causes of the Action. | p. 89. |
| Chap. XIII. | Of the Intrigue, and the Unravelling thereof. | p. 92. |
| Chap. XIV. | The Way of Forming the Plot or Intrigue. | p. 95. |
| Chap. XV. | How to dispose or prepare the Unravelling. | p. 98. |
| Chap. XVI. | Of the several sorts of Actions. | p. 101. |
| Chap. XVII. | Of the Conclusion of the Action. | p. 103. |
| Chap. XVIII. | Of the Duration of the Action. | p. 107. |
| Chap. XIX. | Of the Importance of the Action. | p. 110. |
| BOOK III. | ||
| Concerning the Form of the Epick Poem; or, concerning the Narration. | ||
| Chap. I. | OF the Parts of the Narration. | p. 113. |
| Chap. II. | Of the Title of the Epick Poem. | p. 116. |
| Chap. III. | Of the Proposition. | p. 117. |
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