Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index
Introduction : entering the garden -- The kiss of death : desire in the garden of good and evil -- The art of Sapphic desire : the curse of the little phrase -- The hymenoptera of self and other : the making and (un)making of knowledge -- Three moments of desire : the ideal, the real, and the remembered -- Recherche and the Rankian gaze -- Conclusion : the art of madness