Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Trying
Chapter 1. Meandering: Ovid, Virgil, Longinus, Shakespeare, Sappho
Chapter 2. Binding: Plato, Montaigne, Lucian, Bacon, Virgil, Ovid
Chapter 3. Drawing: Beaumont, Ovid, Lodge, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman, Petowe
Chapter 4. Softening: Ovid, Marlowe, Shakespeare
Chapter 5. Scattering: Ovid, Shakespeare
Conclusion. Testing: Ovid, Bacon, Montaigne
Notes
Bibliography
Index