Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2.
Pnin:
The Quest That Overrides the Goal
3.
Mary:
“Without Any Passport”
4.
King, Queen, Knave
, or Lust under the Linden
5.
The Defense:
Secret Asymmetries
6.
Glory:
“Good Example of How Metaphysics Can Fool You”
7.
Laughter in the Dark:
Guinea Pigs and Galley Slaves
8.
Invitation to a Beheading:
“Nameless Existence, Intangible Substance”
9.
The Gift:
Models of Infinity
10.
Bend Sinister:
The “Inner” Problem
11. “Reader!
Bruder
!”: Broodings on the Rhetoric of
Lolita
12. Conclusion
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index