Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. FOREWORD xi
4. ALIBI? xiii
5. 1 ON DRAWING; OR, THE SPEED OF THOUGHT 1
6. 2 THE SKULL 8
7. 3 WHO IS MEDUSA? 25
8. 4 THE TRUE IMAGE 33
9. 5 A DIGRESSION 42
10. 6 THE IDEAL FIGURE; OR, A PROPHECY IN ACTUALITY 59
11. 7 BEHEADINGS 85
12. 8 FROM THE GUILLOTINE TO THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 101
13. 9 POWERS OF HORROR 112
14. 10 THE FACE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF LIMITS 128
15. NOTES 139
16. INDEX 155