Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Note on Translations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Comic Plot of History 5
7. 2 Plans and Accidents 20
8. 3 The Uses of Obscurity 52
9. 4 Fragment, Parable, Promise 101
10. 5 The Landscape of Arabesques 122
11. 6 The Final Tractatus 141
12. Notes 153
13. Works Cited 183
14. Index 193