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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Rhetoric of Lyric: Definitions, Descriptions, Disputations 15 2 The Domain of Echo: Lyric Audiences 54 3 The Craft of Pygmalion: Immediacy and Distancing 106 4 The Predilections of Proteus: Size and Structure 156 5 The Myth of Janus: Lyric and/or Narrative 189 6 The Rhetorics of Lyric: Conclusions and New Perspectives 228 Notes 243 Index 283 This page intentionally left blank ...

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