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to A Poetics of Transformation
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Contents
Acknowledgments zx
Note on Texts Used Xl
Abbreviations Xlll
Introduction I
I Backgrounds IJ
2 Word Games 27
3 Words at War 47
4 A Mythical Martyr 79
5 Dubious Distinctions IIJ
6 Saint Agnes and the Chaste Tree I49
Selected Bibliography I8I
Index of Passages Quoted I89
General Index I9I
Vll
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