Acknowledgements
Note on Editions and Translations
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Engaging the Material
Chapter 1: Weaving, Writing, and the Art of Gift-Giving
Tapestry Culture
The Poem as Fabric: Weavers and Writers
Chapter 2: Empire, Memory, and History
An Archive in Cloth
Unearthing Carthage
Chapter 3: Objects of Dubious Persuasion
The Lyre and the Viol(a)
The Shell Boat
A Marble Statue
Chapter 4: The Mirror and the Urn
At the Fountain of Narcissus
The Urn’s Tale
Chapter 5: Eros at Material Sites
Weaver Nymphs in Crystal Palaces
Daphne’s Scenographic Body
Mapping the Humoral Interior
Tablet of the Soul
Chapter 6: Staging Objects in Pastoral
Falling in Love with a Statue
Mourning Becomes Material
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index