accident, 226–227, 238, 245

accidental, 6, 8, 220

agency, 3, 7–9, 15, 51, 52, 69, 73, 84, 88, 96, 103, 104, 107, 112, 121, 129, 180, 182, 184, 187, 188, 213–214, 246, 248

allusion, 107, 129, 136, 214, 225, 241

anachronism, 41, 48, 122, 135, 161, 163, 203, 220

analeptic, 151, 153

Anderson, Amanda, 15, 42–44

Anglo-Italian romance, 7, 9, 111–112

antipodean, 7, 8, 21, 22, 182

Araki, Masazumi, 140

Auden, W.H., 8, 132–133, 137, 153, 154

Australia, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 27, 155, 180, 182, 197, 207, 215, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 235, 236, 243

Baym, Nina, 93, 108, 109, 113–114, 155

belatedness, 102, 137, 153–154, 163, 169, 184, 185, 226

bildungsroman, 132, 140

Bilgrami, Akeel, 156–157

biography, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18–20, 23, 27, 28, 49, 54, 82–83, 126, 131, 194, 200, 202, 203, 243

Birkerts, Sven, 155, 163–164

Birns, Nicholas, 235

body, 80, 92, 95, 97, 176, 185, 187, 192, 193, 199, 212, 218, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236

books, 5, 9, 46, 136, 201, 206, 218, 220

Boyer lectures, 16–17, 87

Braider, Christopher, 219

Brooks, Peter, 57, 63–65, 112, 126–130, 146, 148, 165–169, 171–174

Brose, Margaret, 113–117, 122, 131, 136, 146

Broyard, Anatole, 151–153

bureaucracy, 13, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74–76, 80–81, 85–88, 159, 207, 210

Capone, Giovanna, 7, 113

Carlyle, Thomas, 14, 207, 216

Carroll, John, 208–209

catachresis, 228, 231, 233, 235

chiasmus, 41, 56, 67, 73, 77, 80, 104, 110, 130, 134, 247

China, 13, 14, 23, 36, 200, 203, 204, 210, 212, 216, 220, 221, 223–224, 227

Chinese Civil War, 13, 14, 23, 25, 204, 212, 221, 224

Cherry, Kelly, 204–205, 208

citation, 62, 75, 84, 107, 109, 110, 112, 117–120, 124–130, 136, 139, 142–143, 193, 194, 202, 205, 225, 226, 227, 241

citizens, 10, 32, 33, 53, 54, 59, 62, 77, 84

civic duties and relations, 51, 53, 59, 62, 64, 74, 75, 102, 210