Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter One: The Trials of Abram Tertz 1
5. Chapter Two: Subversion from Within 40
6. Chapter Three: The Writer as Criminal 64
7. Chapter Four: Confrontations with God 83
8. Chapter Five: The Fantastic as Metaphor 109
9. Chapter Six: “It Is Forbidden to Write Like That” 149
10. Chapter Seven: Decanonizing the Classics 197
11. Chapter Eight: Literature and Morality 248
12. Notes 321
13. Selected Bibliography 361
14. Index 383