Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Editions and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Voyage That Never Ends -- 2. Outward Bound: Early Stories, Ultramarine, Lunar Caustic -- 3. The Luminous Wheel: Under the Volcano -- 4. Withdrawal and Return: "La Mordida" and Dark as the Grave -- 5. Beginning Yet Again: October Ferry to Gabriola -- 6. Symbols of Tenuous Order: Hear Us O Lord -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Conrad Aiken -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.