Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
Williams family orchestra -- Merricourt -- All tomorrow's parties : the route to The Recognitions -- Anticipations of failure in The Recognitions -- Gwion's riddle and Toynbee's solution -- The self who could do more -- IBM, Ford, Pfizer, and the ghost in the machine -- American fiction without recognition : J R -- The imagination of the state -- Portrait of the artist as writing professor : Carpenter's Gothic -- Friendships, and frolics -- His master's voice : Agape agape