Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Prologue 1
5. Introduction 3
6. Part One. Re-membering the Past
7. 1. The Limits of Subjectivity 19
8. 2. The Illegitimate Preface 37
9. 3. (Un)Faithful Biographers 58
10. Part Two. New Culture through the Prism of Tradition
11. 4. Death by Applause 81
12. 5. The Abandoned Lover 111
13. 6. The Journey Home 140
14. Part Three. Dialogic Encounters
15. 7. Mocking the Sages 169
16. 8. Disenchanted Fables 192
17. Epilogue: Remembrance, Forgetting, and Radical Hope 219
18. Acknowledgments 235
19. Notes 239
20. Glossary 279
21. Works Cited 285
22. Index 303
23. About the Author 315