Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREAMBLE vii
3. I ON HISTORY 1
4. Chapter 1 THE LAWS OF HISTORY 3
5. Chapter 2 POETRY AND HISTORY 15
6. Chapter 3 THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION 57
7. Chapter 4 READING HISTORY TODAY 89
8. Chapter 5 CELEBRATING HISTORY BETWEEN SER AND ESTAR 109
9. Chapter 6 SELF-HISTORY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 123
10. Chapter 7 SIX LIFE STORIES BY HEART 139
11. II ON LANGUAGE
12. Chapter 8 POLYGLOTISM AND MONOLINGUALISM 167
13. Chapter 9 AMAR QUERIENDO COMO EN OTRO TIEMPO: LANGUAGE, MEMORY, AND BOLEROS 185
14. Chapter 10 WICKED TONGUE (EXTRACTS) 209
15. NOTES 239
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 245