Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Chapter One. Matter-moulded forms of speech 7
6. Chapter Two. A landscape-painter in words, a colourist 41
7. Chapter Three. I hear a voice 57
8. Chapter Four. At the sound of my name 75
9. Chapter Five. Heart-affluence in discursive talk: In Memoriam 88
10. Chapter Six. Man's word is God in man: Idylls of the King 135
11. Conclusion 170
12. Notes 175
13. Index 193