Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Situating Knowledge
7. Chapter 1. Persistent Presence: Verse after Prose 27
8. Chapter 2. Poetry and History 49
9. Chapter 3. Poetry and Thought 71
10. Part II. Transmitting and Shaping Knowledge
11. Chapter 4. Knowing the World in Verse Encyclopedias and Encyclopedic Verse 101
12. Chapter 5. Knowledge and the Practice of Poetry 135
13. Chapter 6. Textual Communities: Poetry and the Social Construction of Knowledge 165
14. Conclusion 197
15. Bibliography 209
16. Index 239