Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. 'Who, me?' Self-description's linguistic affect 22
5. 2. Linguistic unease 56
6. 3. Lyric selves 93
7. 4. 'The Wounded Fall in the Direction of Their Wound' 113
8. 5. Echo, irony, and the political 146
9. Notes 187
10. Index 213