Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-169) and index.

Introduction -- Mnemonic critics : conceptual metaphor in literary judgments -- Mnemonic readers : the literary canon and mnemonic survival -- Mnemonic lines : the social uses of memorized poetry -- Mnemonic poets : the tip-of-the-tongue state, the Saussurean anagram, and mechanisms of mnemonic creativity -- Conclusion.