This poetological work by the college teacher and pastor A.C. Rotth of Halle is the most extensive German-language poetics of the 17th century and the only detailed genre poetics. With its discussion of J.-D. Huet's tractate on the romance, it is the first instance of poetological reception for this particular genre in Germany. Further, Rotth engages copiously with the interpretative tradition of Aristotelian poetics. Occasional poetry in all its facets is also given detailed discussion with a profuse range of examples. The editor's afterword situates the work in the history of (German) poetics. Various indexes provide ideally convenient access to the work.