Fortune's Faces

Acknowledgments xi Note on Citations xiii Introduction: The Sense of a Book 1(10) 1 Inventio Linguae: The Language of Contingency 11(18) 2 The Nameless Lover, or The Contingent Subject 29(34) 3 Fortune, or The Contingent Figure 63(37) 4 Through the Looking-Glass: The Knowledge of Contingency 100(32) Conclusion: Diverse Verses 132(7) Notes 139(42) Works Cited 181(20) Index 201