Contents

Introduction
Note on the Texts and Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology of Aristotle
Outline of the Poetics
from Plato's Republic, Books II, III, and X
Aristotle's Poetics
from Sir Philip Sidney's Apology for Poetry
from P. B. Shelley's Defence of Poetry
from Dorothy L. Sayers's Aristotle on Detective Fiction
Explanatory Notes
Note on Metre
Glossary of Key Terms
Index