Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Preface vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Abbreviations and Conventions viii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Fat Fingers and Private Truths: Between Manners and Morals in Eeldrop and Appleplex 27
8. 2 Pudenda of the Psyche: Embarrassment in More Pricks than Kicks 60
9. 3 Mr Eliot’s Sermons and Sermonising: Participation, Good Will and Humility in Murder in the Cathedral 93
10. 4 A Defence of Wretchedness: Molloy and Humiliation 125
11. 5 Assuming the Double Part: Irony as Humility in East Coker 149
12. 6 How It Is and the Syntax of Penury 178
13. Conclusion: Humility’s Edges 211
14. Bibliography 215
15. Index 243