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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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