Beyond a Boundary

Contents......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Foreword......Page 16
Introduction to the American Edition, by Robert Lipsyte......Page 22
A Note on Cricket......Page 28
Preface......Page 32
Part One. A Window to the World......Page 34
 1. The Window......Page 36
 2. Against the Current......Page 54
 3. Old School-tie......Page 72
Part Two. All the World’s a Stage......Page 80
 4. The Light and the Dark......Page 82
 5. Patient Merit......Page 99
 6. Three Generations......Page 105
 7. The Most Unkindest Cut......Page 115
Part Three. One Man in His Time......Page 132
 8. Prince and Pauper......Page 134
 9. Magnanimity in Politics......Page 150
 10. Wherefore Are These Things Hid?......Page 161
Part Four. To Interpose a Little Ease......Page 170
 11. George Headley: Nascitur Non Fit......Page 172
Part Five. W. G.: Pre-eminent Victorian......Page 182
 12. What Do Men Live By?......Page 184
 13. Prolegomena to W. G.......Page 192
 14. W. G.......Page 204
 15. Decline of the West......Page 219
Part Six. The Art and Practic Part......Page 226
 16. ‘What Is Art?’......Page 228
 17. The Welfare State of Mind......Page 245
Part Seven. Vox Populi......Page 256
 18. The Proof of the Pudding......Page 258
 19. Alma Mater: Lares and Penates......Page 286
Epilogue and Apotheosis......Page 290
Index......Page 296