CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION: THE CRITICAL CONTROVERSY 1
6. part one. FICTIONS OF COHERENCE
7. chapter 1. "SO DID I WEAVE MY SELF INTO THE SENSE" 41
8. chapter 2. COLLAPSING PERSONAL STORIES 64
9. chapter 3. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BEYOND 89
10. part two. CHRONICLES OF DISSOLUTION
11. chapter 4. "NO CONTINUING CITTY" 109
12. chapter 5. THE DISSOLUTION OF BODIES AND STORIES 138
13. CONCLUSION: THE BIBLE AS COUNTERTEXT 170
14. NOTES 197
15. INDEX 223