Frontmatter -- contents -- preface -- acknowledgments -- chapter one. Translation's Trace -- chapter two. Pseudotranslations: Exoticism and the Oriental Tale -- chapter three. Romantic Metanoia: Conversion and Cultural Translation in India -- chapter four. "Paths Too Long Obscure": The Translations of Jones and Müller -- chapter five. Translation's Bastards: Mimicry and Linguistic Hybridity -- Conclusion -- notes -- works cited -- index