Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Preface xvii
6. AN INTRODUCTION TO ORNAMENT 3
7. PART I: ROMANTICISM
8. CHAPTER ONE: The Enchanted Hand: Schlegel's Arabesque in Nerval 31
9. CHAPTER TWO: Lace as Textual Metaphor in Nerval's Sylvie 55
10. CHAPTER THREE: Trills, Frills, and Decorative Frames for the Object of Desire 78
11. CHAPTER FOUR: The Evil Eye: Ornamental Vision as the Sublime 107
12. PART II: SYMBOLISM AND DECADENCE
13. CHAPTER FIVE: Trompe l'Oeil in the Poems of Mallarme 147
14. CHAPTER SIX: Aboli Bibelot? Excess, Void, and Objectless Desire 176
15. CHAPTER SEVEN: Ornament and Hysteria: Huysmans and Rachilde 201
16. CONCLUSION 240
17. Appendix 245
18. Notes 249
19. Index 281