Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. CHAPTER ONE. History and Poetry 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. Palimpsests and Rome 23
6. CHAPTER THREE. Ilaria and Italia 53
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Sorrow and Genre 87
8. CHAPTER FIVE. Epos and Fragment 120
9. CHAPTER SIX. Compromise and Distance 146
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Interrogative Epos 193
11. Conclusion 243
12. Works Cited 247
13. Index 257