Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Credits xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction xix
7. 1. The Critical Path: An Essay on the Social Context of Literary Criticism 1
8. 2. Literary Criticism 118
9. 3. Myth and Poetry 134
10. 4. Preface to Bachelard’s The Psychoanalysis of Fire 139
11. 5. After the Invocation, A Lapse into Litany 143
12. 6. Criticism, Visible and Invisible 147
13. 7. The Structure and Spirit of Comedy 162
14. 8. The Norms of Satire 170
15. 9. Allegory 171
16. 10. Verse and Prose 178
17. 11. Varieties of Literary Utopias 191
18. 12. Letter to the English Institute, 1965 215
19. 13. Reflections in a Mirror 218
20. 14. Design as a Creative Principle in the Arts 228
21. 15. Literature and Myth 238
22. 16. Welcoming Remarks to Conference on Editorial Problems, 1967 256
23. 17. On Value Judgments 258
24. 18. Literature and Society 266
25. 19. Mythos and Logos 280
26. 20. The Myth of Light 282
27. 21. Old and New Comedy 285
28. 22. Sign and Significance 293
29. 23. Literature and the Law 301
30. 24. The Search for Acceptable Words 310
31. 25. The Times of the Signs 331
32. 26. The Rhythms of Time 358
33. 27. Charms and Riddles 369
34. 28. Expanding Eyes 391
35. Notes 411
36. Emendations 457
37. Index 459