Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. I. THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1
5. II. ASPIRATION AND ITS ANALOGUES 16
6. III. THE QUESTER AND THE QUEEN 40
7. IV. DEVOTIONAL FORM AND THE CONSTANT OCCASION FOR IRONY 55
8. V. MOTION, REST, AND METAMORPHOSIS 75
9. VI. AUDIBLE CORRELATIVES OF EMOTIONAL TENSION 106
10. VII. NEW WAYS OF ARTICULATING THE WORLD 125
11. VIII. THE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT 156
12. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 177
13. NOTES 187
14. INDEX OF FIRST LINES 199
15. GENERAL INDEX 205