Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter I. The Anti-Romantic Modern, pg. 11*Chapter II. The Poetics of Parable, pg. 35*Chapter III. Allegory, pg. 64*Chapter IV. Dramatic Indirections, pg. 96*Chapter V. Verbal Playing in Form and Technique, pg. 124*Chapter VI. Opera: The Rake's Progress, pg. 154*Chapter VII. Critical Conclusions, pg. 185*Bibliographical Note, pg. 195*Appendix: Auden Works Cited, pg. 197*Index, pg. 205