CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. THE ORDEAL OF UN ONSTANT MOOSE -- 2. ON THE LITERARY USES OF MEMORY -- 3. WHERE THE SOUTHERN CROSS THE YELLOW DOG: A TIME, A PLACE, A PAINTING -- 4. THOUGHTS ON FICTIONAL PLACES -- 5. QUESTIONS OF INTENT:SOME THOUGHTS ON AUTHOR-SHIP -- 6. BLOOM 'S LEAP: OR, HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION -- 7. WHAT ARE ALL THOSE WRITERS DOING ON CAMPUS? -- 8. THE PROGRESS OF POETRY: OR, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE BOOKSTORE -- 9. SLUGGING I T OUT WITH DEMPSEY AND OTHERS -- 10. POLEMICAL CODA:OUR ABSOLUTELY DEPLORABLE LITERARY SITUATION - AND SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW TO FIX IT GOOD -- INDEX.