Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Philosophical Explorations -- Chapter 1. The Ancient Quarrel: Mythos versus Logos -- Chapter 2. The Intellectual Instinct: Skepticism and the Quest for Truth -- Chapter 3. The Eye of the Soul: In Search of the Idea -- Part Two: Literary Discussions -- Chapter 4. The Broken Mirror: The Crisis of Artistic Mimesis -- Chapter 5. The Guided Dream: The Riddle of Poetic Inspiration -- Chapter 6. The Literary Proteus: The Image of the Poet -- Chapter 7. The Living Labyrinth: Reading and Writing the Book -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names