Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index
A reading of Longinus -- Wordsworth and the tears of Adam -- The notion of blockage in the literature of the sublime -- Flaubert's conversion -- Recognizing Casaubon -- Freud and the sandman -- Dora's secrets, Freud's techniques -- Two extravagant teachings -- Medusa's head: male hysteria under political pressure: Response from Catherine Gallagher ; Response from Joel Fineman ; In reply -- Afterword: The end of the line
