Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 Subtexts All Around Us 1
5. 2 The Rhetoric of Figured Speech 15
6. 3 The Hermeneutics of Suspicion 26
7. 4 Risks and Safeguards of Interpretation 37
8. 5 Greek Pretenses About Rome 52
9. 6 An Ox on the Tongue 70
10. 7 Sexorama 92
11. 8 What About Being Frank? 108
12. 9 Catalog of Further Examples and Practices 119
13. A Final Word 141
14. Translator’s Note on Citations 145
15. Notes 147
16. Index 163