Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction. The Epic Ambition: Reading Dante
1. The Wanderer as Exile: The Quest for Home
2. The Wanderer as Fascist: Mussolini, Confucius, and America
3. The Wanderer as Prophet: Aeneas and the Ideal City
4. The Wanderer as Historian: Writing Paradise
Conclusion. Palinode and Silence
Notes
Works Cited
Index