Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction The Form of History and the History of Form xi
5. Chapter 1 The Economies of Walden 1
6. Chapter 2 "Walt Whitman, a Kosmos, of Manhattan the Son" 25
7. Chapter 3 Henry James's Prefaces, or the Story of the Stories 55
8. Chapter 4 Henry Adams, Connoisseur of Chaos 77
9. Chapter 5 Two Poets 113
10. Coda New Life in a New World 157
11. Notes 161
12. Sources Cited 177
13. Index 187