TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. I. THE SUBJECTIVE POET 7
4. II. THE VISION OF FUTILITY, 1809-1832 52
5. III. SILENCE AND REVISION, 1833-1842 75
6. IV. IN MEMORIAM: THE WAY OF THE WILL 92
7. V. THE SELF AS KING 115
8. VI. LUCRETIUS AND DESPAIR 154
9. VII. CONCLUSION 169
10. APPENDIX A 175