Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I
6. Whodunit? 31
7. Revolution has Italian Roots 45
8. Not a Country for Old Men 57
9. Sebastian’s Skull 79
10. From the Agency of the Letter to the Agency of the Icon 95
11. Part II
12. Noir Analysis 113
13. Fiction, Analysis, Possession, and Violence in Kristeva’s Mirror of Writing 125
14. Byzantium, or Fiction as Inverted Theory 143
15. The Vital Legacy of the Novel and Julia Kristeva’s Fictional Revolt 155
16. Works Cited 175
17. Contributors 187
18. Index 189