Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Abbreviations xix
6. 1. The Transparent Lyric 1
7. 2. The Theater and the Book 36
8. 3. The Motive for Metaphor 4 The Nothing That Is 63
9. 4. The Nothing That Is 93
10. 5. Machines Made of Words 117
11. 6. Only the Dance 157
12. Postscript 178
13. Notes 189
14. Index 199
15. Backmatter 204