Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. List of Library Sigla xii
6. Introduction xiii
7. PART I Public Indiscretions, Private Confessions: SCOTT’S LIFE AND INFLUENCES
8. 1 Matters of Biography, Autobiography and Anonymity 1
9. 2 “Music, Melancholy, Apprehension, Sex, and the Church” 20
10. 3 “An Artist-Autocrat of the Most Pronounced Type” 41
11. 4 “The Most Absorbing and Romantic Interest of My Present Incarnation” 91
12. PART II Artist, Priest, Prophet: SCOTT’S AESTHETIC THINKING
13. 5 Music: Its Secret Influence Throughout the Ages 135
14. 6 The Immortal Artist 152
15. 7 Theory and Practice 180
16. Epilogue 220
17. Select Bibliography 232
18. Index 244