Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Orthography and Related Conventions xvii
6. Chapter 1. Manuscripts, Madness 1
7. Chapter 2. Writing and the Idea of Ecology 26
8. Chapter 3. The Meaning of Life, or How to Do Things with Letters 54
9. Chapter 4. Practice and the Problem of Complexity 80
10. Chapter 5. Maintaining a Houseyard as a Practice 102
11. Chapter 6. Tradition as Argument 121
12. Chapter 7. Translational Indeterminacy 153
13. Chapter 8. Wagging the Dog 173
14. Notes 183
15. Works Cited 213
16. Index 233