xx 221 pages, indexed. The jacket is chipped at the edges with a series of short closed tears at the head and the pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Plato on poetry. The earlier dialogues -- The Republic -- the later dialogues -- Aristotle's theory of literature. The date of the poetics -- Mimesis -- The development of poetry -- The "parts" of tragedy: plot and action -- The "parts" of tragedy: character and thought -- The"parts" of tragedy: composition in word, music, and appearance -- The tragic side: pity and fear -- The tragic side: peculiar pleasure and Katharsis -- Homer and Epic -- Comedy -- Re?sume?: Aristotle's theory of the poem and the poet"