Preface to 2008 editionPreface to 2000 editionPreface to 1974 edition1. Aristotle's Coercive System of Tragedy2. Machiavelli and the Poetics of Virtu3. Hegel and Brecht: The Character as Subject or the Character as Object?4. Poetics of the Oppressed5. Development of the Arena Theater of Sao PauloAppendicesIndex