Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Foreign Intelligence 1
4. 1. The Negative Ideal 15
5. 2. Minding the Gap 53
6. 3. The Canal of Pleasure 100
7. 4. A “Foreign and Uninteresting” Subject 142
8. 5. The “Mahometan Strain” 167
9. Epilogue: Save Our Souls? 199
10. Bibliography 205
11. Index 223
12. About the author 233
13. Transits 234