3. Argo and Ergo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. EDITORS’ PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION Restoring the Balance xv
5. 1. Love as a Method of Cognition 1
6. 2. Idea and Word 15
7. 3. Argo and Ergo 29
8. 4. A Philosopheme of the Theater (Excerpt) 41
9. 5. A Collection of Seconds 59
10. 6. The Poetics of Titles 69
11. 7. Countries That Don’t Exist 115
12. 8. Edgar Allan Poe: Ninety Years After His Death 143
13. 9. Shaw and the Bookshelf (Abridged) 149
14. 10. The Dramaturgy of the Chessboard 169
15. 11. Moscow in the First Years of the War: Physiological Sketches (Excerpts) 197
16. 12. A History of Unwritten Literature: A Prospectus 209
17. 13. A History of Hyperbole 217
18. 14. Writer’s Notebooks 223
19. Notes 235
20. Contributors 279