THE
CONTENTS
| BOOK I. | ||
| Of the Nature of the Epick Poem; and of the Fable. | ||
| Chap. I. | THE Design of the whole Work. | Page 1. |
| Chap. II. | What is the Nature of the Epick Poem. | p. 2. |
| Chap. III. | The Definition of the Epick Poem. | p. 6. |
| Chap. IV. | Of the Parts of the Epick Poem. The Division of this Treatise. | p. 8. |
| Chap. V. | Of the Poem. | p. 9. |
| Chap. VI. | Of the Fable. | p. 13. |
| Chap. VII. | The Method of Composing a Fable. | p. 15. |
| Chap. VIII. | Of the Fable of the Iliad. | p. 17. |
| Chap. IX. | A Comparison of the Fable of the Iliad with that of Æsop. | p. 21. |
| Chap. X. | The Fable of the Odysseis. | p. 23. |
| Chap. XI. | Of the Fable of the Æneid. | p. 26. |
| Chap. XII. | Horace's Thoughts of the Epick Fable. | p. 31. |
| Chap. XIII. | Aristotle's Thoughts of the Epick Fable. | p. 34. |
| Chap. XIV. | Of Real Actions, the Recitals whereof are Fables. | p. 39. |
| Chap. XV. | Of Feign'd Actions, the Recitals whereof are Historical. | p. 41. |
| Chap. XVI. | Of the Vicious Multiplication of Fables. | p. 43. |
| Chap. XVII. | Of the Regular Multiplication of Fables. | p. 47. |
| Chap. XVIII. | The Conclusion of the First Book. | p. 50. |
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