Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Caught Up in the Game 1
6. 2. Romantic Realism 21
7. 3. Romanticism and the Birth of Consumer Culture 35
8. 4. Role Playing 53
9. 5. Looking Under the Hood 76
10. 6. Meta-Action (the Bird’s-Eye View) 97
11. 7. Romance and the Romantic 110
12. 8. Play and Agency in Legal Drug Use 126
13. 9. The Oscillation Between Boredom and Stimulation 140
14. 10. Entertainment and Our Understanding of the Self 160
15. Conclusion 174
16. Notes 179
17. References 199
18. Index 211