Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Small Art and Love and Beauty 1
6. 1 The Beautiful, Finding Itself in Danger, Desires Its Copy 37
7. 2 An Education in Beauty (and the Necessity of Lawlessness) 70
8. 3 The Right to Be Beautiful without Guarantee 103
9. 4 Beauty’s Ruin at the End of the World 139
10. 5 Living Beautifully, or Resilience 171
11. Epilogue. In Conclusion, Crime Is Beauty 199
12. Notes 209
13. Bibliography 251
14. Index 287