Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Preface xi
5. EROS THE BITTERSWEET
6. Bittersweet 1
7. Gone 10
8. Ruse 12
9. Tactics 18
10. The Reach 26
11. Finding the Edge 30
12. Logic at the Edge 32
13. Losing the Edge 39
14. Archilochos at the Edge 46
15. Alphabetic Edge 53
16. What Does the Lover Want from Love! 62
17. Symbolon 70
18. A Novel Sense 77
19. Something Paradoxical 83
20. My Page Makes Love 86
21. Letters, Letters 91
22. Folded Meanings 98
23. Bel1erophon Is Quite Wrong After A11 102
24. Realist 108
25. Ice-pleasure 111
26. Now Then 117
27. Erotikos Logos 123
28. The Sidestep 124
29. Damage to the Living 130
30. Midas 134
31. Cicadas 138
32. Gardening for Fun and Profit 141
33. Something Serious Is Missing 145
34. Takeover 147
35. Read Me the Bit Again 151
36. Then Ends Where Now Begins 154
37. What a Difference a Wing Makes 159
38. What Is This Dialogue About? 165
39. Mythoplokos 168
40. Bibliography 175
41. Index of Passages Discussed 183
42. General Index 186