Essays, 1978-1996. Contents: The uncommon reader (1978); Real presences (1985); A preface to the Hebrew Bible (1996); Homer in English (1996); A reading against Shakespeare (1986); Absolute tragedy (1990); What is comparative literature ?(1994) ; Drumming on the doors-Peguy (1992); Sainte Simone-Simone Weil (1993); Trusting in reason-Husserl (1984); An exact art (1982); The historicity of dreams (1983); Totem or Taboo (1988); A note on Kafka´s trial (1992); On kierkegaard (1994); The archives of eden (1981); Through that glass darkly (1991); The great tautology; Two cocks (1993); Two suppers (1995).