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Aristotle, Poetics (S. H. Butcher translation, Internet Classics Archive)

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Source: https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.html

Structured fields

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  "usefulness": "The foundational text on plot as 'the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy' and the six parts of tragedy; the oldest shared vocabulary for narrative evaluation.",
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  "source_owner": "Internet Classics Archive (MIT); translation S. H. Butcher",
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Translator S. H. Butcher; three sections plus a text-only download. · locator: index page source
[sourced_fact] 'must have six parts ... namely, Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song.' · locator: Part VI source
[sourced_fact] 'The plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy.' · locator: Part VI source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.html Page shows '(c) 1994-2009' linking to a permissions page that was not read; the Butcher translation itself is pre-1929.

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