Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD TO THE SECOND PRINTING VII
3. FOREWORD XV
4. CONTENTS XVII
5. 1. A LOOK AT THE WORST 1
6. 2. FAREWELL, ROMANCE 28
7. 3. THE GLOVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD 55
8. 4. THE EARTHLY AND THE DEFINITE 79
9. 5. SPEECH AND SONG 119
10. 6. THE AUDITORY IMAGINATION 152
11. 7. WIT AS THE WALL 188
12. 8.THE GHOSTLY MEMBER 220
13. 9. A VISION OF REALITY 254
14. 10. THE FORGED FEATURE 286
15. 11. ALCHEMISTS OF THE WORD 312
16. 12. WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS 348
17. 13 SCIENCE AND POETRY 378
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 401
19. INDEX OF POETS 405