This is Aristotle's treatise on dramatic theory, translated by S. H. Butcher, primarily focusing on tragedy. It is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and profoundly influenced Western literary criticism.
Sources for Aristotle (S. H. Butcher, trans.) — On the Art of Poetry (Poetics)
Aristotle (S. H. Butcher, trans.) — On the Art of Poetry (Poetics) in Writing Fiction and Poetry
Held in the Writing Fiction and Poetry chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Horace (Ars Poetica) — The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (c. 19 BCE)
- Walter Besant — The Art of Fiction: A Lecture (1884)
- Sherwin Cody — The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language (1903)
- Arnold Bennett — The Author's Craft (1914)
- Edith Wharton — The Writing of Fiction (1925)
- Percy Lubbock — The Craft of Fiction (1921)
- William Strunk Jr. — The Elements of Style (1918)
- Anonymous — How to Write a Novel: A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction (1901)
- Edgar Allan Poe — The Philosophy of Composition (1846)
- Tom Hood — A Practical Guide to English Versification (1886)