Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Notes Toward an Introduction 1
6. 1. Shelley’s Wrinkled Lip, Smith’s Gigantic Leg 9
7. 2. Frost’s Horse, Wilbur’s Ride 31
8. 3. Lowell’s Skunk, Heaney’s Skunk 49
9. 4. Longfellow’s Hiawatha, Carroll’s Hiawatha: The Name and Nature of Parody 79
10. 5. Keats’s Chapman’s Homer, Justice’s Henry James 109
11. 6. Shakespeare’s Rotten Weeds, Shakespeare’s Deep Trenches 149
12. 7. Pound’s Métro, Williams’s Wheelbarrow 171
13. 8. Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods 227
14. Permissions 315
15. Notes 317
16. Index 373