Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Translators -- Introduction -- Meschonnic's Theory of Rhythm, his Key Concepts and their Relation -- Meschonnic's Poetics of Society -- Preliminary Remarks to this Reader -- Part 1. Critique of Rhythm -- Part 2. Poetry and Poem -- Part 3. Rhyme and Life -- Part 4. Translating -- Part 5. Modernity -- Part 6. Historicity and Society -- Glossary -- Chronological Bibliography of Meschonnic's Books -- Name index -- Subject index