Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. One. Th e Heretic and the Book 23
7. Two. Clean and Dirty Words 44
8. Three. Scandalous Evidence 65
9. Four. The Kitchen and the Digest 96
10. Five. Priests, Poets, and Print 126
11. Six. Fabricated Worlds and the Menippean Satire 158
12. Seven. Public Scandals, Withdrawn Readers 185
13. Conclusion 215
14. Notes 221
15. Bibliography 267
16. Index 283