Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Adaptation And The Means Of Imitation -- 1. Constructs And Percepts -- 2. Gestures, Costumes, And Properties -- 3. The Figure Of The Actor -- 4. Language -- Part Two. Adaptation And The Imitation Of Change -- 5. The Imitation Of Change: Space -- 6. The Imitation Of Change: Time -- Part Three. Adaptation And Moral Substance -- 7. Moral Emphasis And Intention -- Afterword And Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- List Of Works Cited -- Index