CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: Goethe Coins a Phrase 1
6. PART ONE. CIRCULATION
7. 1. Gilgamesh’s Quest 39
8. 2. The Pope’s Blowgun 78
9. 3. From the Old World to the Whole World 110
10. PART TWO. TRANSLATION
11. 4. Love in the Necropolis 147
12. 5. The Afterlife of Mechthild von Magdeburg 170
13. 6. Kafka Comes Home 187
14. PART THREE. PRODUCTION
15. 7. English in the World 209
16. 8. Rigoberta Menchú in Print 231
17. 9. The Poisoned Book 260
18. CONCLUSION: World Enough and Time 281
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 305
20. INDEX 319