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INTRODUCTION 1

Part Ⅰ Poetry 13

PROLOGUE：The Impulse to Write 15

1 DEFINITIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF POETRY 17

2 THE ENDS AND USES OF POETRY 25

3 THE POET＇S NATURE 33

4 INSPIRATION AND CALCULATION 55

5 THE POET＇S SUBJECT 73

6 THE POET＇S STYLE 81

7 RHYTHM，RHYME，AND DICTION 85

8 POETRY AND SYMBOLISM 105

Part Ⅱ The Novel 115

PROLOGUE：The Novelist Invokes His Muse 117

9 THE NATURE OF THE NOVEL 121

10 ESSENTIALS OF THE NOVELIST 133

11 SHAPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL 147

12 THE TELLING OF THE NOVEL 165

13 CHARACTERS 193

14 THE NOVELIST＇S STYLE 205

15 THE NOVELIST AT WORK 211

16 IN DEFENCE OF FICTION 235

EPILOGUE：The Novelist＇s Responsibility 241

AUTHOR INDEX 255

BOOK INDEX 257