CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. In Defense of Civilization
6. CHAPTER 1. The Disciplines of Reason and Lyric Poetry 21
7. CHAPTER 2. Creative Dialogues with Textual Partners, Past and Present 79
8. PART II. Preservation of Self
9. CHAPTER 3. Memory and Self-Justification: Images of Grace and Disgrace Abounding 121
10. CHAPTER 4. Memorial Narratives as Salvation for the Feminine Self 166
11. CHAPTER 5. The Consolations of Imagination and Lyric Poetry 213
12. PART III. Testimony for Mankind
13. CHAPTER 6. With Hindsight and Beyond Resistance 267
14. Conclusion: Beyond Testimony 302
15. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 311
16. INDEX 319