Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preamble 1
5. Part One: Defining Islands and Isolating Definitions
6. 1. Defining Islands and Isolating Definitions 13
7. 2. Horizontal and Vertical 26
8. 3. Animate Swimmers and Inanimate Floaters 35
9. 4. Material Substance and State of Matter 42
10. Part Two: Placemarks and Cultures
11. 5. Cities in Straits 57
12. 6. Naming and Sovereignty 81
13. 7. Utopias and Laboratory Hypotheses 93
14. 8. Politics, Philosophy, Epic Drama 104
15. Part Three: Hamlet’s Globe
16. 9. The Distracted Globe 121
17. 10. Island Words 151
18. 11. Dire Straits 160
19. 12. Liberty 172
20. Part Four: Sea and Land
21. 13. Hamlet Is Germany 183
22. 14. The Region of Illusion 194
23. 15. Building for a Future 215
24. Postamble 231
25. Acknowledgments 249
26. Notes 251
27. Name Index 333
28. Place Index 345