Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Heroism and Individualism: The Russian Context
Chapter Two. "The Demon": How Not to Regain Paradise Lost
Chapter Three. The Hero and the Masquerade: Temptations of a Gnostic Outlook
Chapter Four. The Enigma of Heroism in Lermontov's "The Song of Tsar Ivan Vassilyevich, His Young Oprichnik, and the Stout-hearted Merchant Kalashnikov"
Chapter Five. Futile, Fatal, or Heroic: Pechorin in "The Fatalist"
Chapter Six. Lermontov versus Marlinsky: or, Why Grushnitsky Had to Be Thrown off the Cliff
Chapter Seven. Mtsyri's Refusals: The Making of Lermontov's Paradoxical Hero
Afterword. "The Man That Hath No Music in Himself . . ."
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index