Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION: The Problem and the Method 1
5. CIRCE AND ODYSSEUS: Metamorphosis as Enchantment 10
6. OVID'S EPIC Metamorphosis as Metaphysical Doubt 24
7. THE GOLDEN ASS Metamorphosis as Satire and Mystery 62
8. THE WEREWOLF OF MARIE de FRANCE: Metamorphosis Alienation and Grace 107
9. THIEVES AND SUICIDES IN THE INFERNO Metamorphosis as the State of Sin 114
10. SPENSER'S MALBECCO Metamorphosis Monomania and Abstraction 129
11. DONNE'S "SULLEN WRIT' Metamorphosis as Satire and Metaphysics 135
12. LAMIA AND THE SOPHIST Metamorphosis as the Inexplicable 148
13. THE ORDEAL OF GREGOR SAMSA Metamorphosis as Alienation without Grace 171
14. VIRGINIA WOOLFS ORLANDO Metamorphosis as the Quest for Freedom 195
15. NOTES 225
16. INDEX 243