Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Prologue ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One
7. Chapter One. "A History with Feeling" 41
8. Chapter Two. The Three Epiphanies of Shen Congwen 79
9. Chapter Three. Of Dream and Snake 113
10. Chapter Four. A Lyricism of Betrayal 155
11. Part Two
12. Chapter Five The Lyrical in Epic Time 193
13. Chapter Six. The Riddle of the Sphinx 237
14. Chapter Seven. A Spring That Brought Eternal Regret 271
15. Chapter Eight. And History Took a Calligraphic Turn 311
16. Coda: Toward a Critical Lyricism 353
17. Notes 371
18. Glossary of Chinese Characters 453
19. Bibliography 459
20. Index 487