Machine derived contents note: Foreword by Susan Sontag -- Translator's Note, 1983 -- Prologue: I have just reached the age of thirty-four -- I. Tragic Themes -- II. Classical Themes -- III. Lucrece -- IV. Judith -- V. The Head of Holofernes -- VI. Lucrece and Judith -- VII. The Loves of Holofernes -- VIII. The Raft of the Medusa -- Notes -- Afterword: The Autobiographer as Torero -- Selected Bibliography -- A Note on the Author
