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