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List of Illustrations p. vi
Acknowledgments p. vii
Introduction p. 1
The Museum Crowd: Fragments Shored against Their Ruin p. 21
Fugitive Articulation of an All-Obliterated Tongue: Edward FitzGerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Politics of Collecting p. 48
Acquired Taste: The Museum Enterprise Comes Home p. 67
A Gallery of Readings: Rendezvous in the Museum p. 100
"The Works on the Wall Must Take Their Chance": A Poetics of Acquisition p. 127
An Empire's Great Expectations: Museums in Imperialist Boy Fiction p. 148
A Gallery of Readings: The Museum in Decline p. 167
Coda: In Freud's Study p. 186
Notes p. 197
Works Cited p. 221
Index p. 235
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