Idol or Bust_
_The Idol and the Victim_
_Catching the Falling Flag_
_The Thief Who Never Blushed_
_The Idol's Eye_
_The Prodigal Sun_
_The Prodigal Tongue_
_The Telling Tree_
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## Contents
Praise for Thomas Berger
BOOKS BY THOMAS BERGER
Title Page
Dedication
Preface: _My Unsentimental Journey_
Part I: The Secret World
> 1 The Dream Weary Reader and Dream Weary Dreamer
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> 2 The Secret Life of Language: _On the Mystery of Language_ (1958)
> 3 On the Mystery of Language _and_ The Secret Life of Language
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> 4 The Two Lives of Words: On Literacy and The Secret World (1972)
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> 5 The Two Lives of Words _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
> 6 _The Dream Weavers and_ On the Mystery of Language
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> 7 The Night of the Visitation: On the Nature of Language (1990)
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> 8 The Night of the Visitation _and_ On the Mystery of Language
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> 9 The Night of the Visitation _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 10 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature (1990)
> 11 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1992)
> 12 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
Part II: A History of the World
> 13 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 14 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 15 The Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature (1992)
> 16 The Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
Part III: A Theory of the World
> 17 The Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1992)
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> 18 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 19 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 20 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1993)
> 21 The Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1994)
> 22 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
Part IV: On Visitations, _and_ A Visitation _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1994)
> 23 The Night of the Visitation _and_ On Visitations _and_ On the Secret Life of Language: On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 24 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature (1992)
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> 25 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1993)
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> 26 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1994)
> 27 A Visitation _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1996)
> 28 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1995)
Part V: On Visitations _and_ A Visitation _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1996)
> 29 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1996)
Part VI: The Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
> 30 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1996)
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> 31 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1997)
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> 32 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1999)
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> 33 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1999)
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> 34 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2000)
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> 35 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2001)
> 36 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2002)
> 37 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2004)
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> 38 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2005)
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> 39 _Visitations_ and _The Secret Life of Language:_ On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2007)
Appendix A: What Visitations Have to Do with Religion
> The Visitation and the Death of God
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> 1 On the Death of God
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> 2 On The Death of God
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> 3 On the Death of God
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> The Visitation and the Death of God
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> 4 The Night of the Visitation _and_ On Visitations _and_ On the Secret Life of Language: On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 5 _The Night of the Visitation_ and _On Visitations_ and _On the Secret Life of Language:_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World
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> 6 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1993)
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> 7 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (1999)
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> 8 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2000)
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> 9 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2001)
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> 10 Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language in English Literature _and_ On the Mysterious Linguistic Nature of the World (2004)
Appendix B: Visitations and the Art of the Cipher
> 1 On Visitations and Other Things _and_ A Secret History
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> 2 On Visitations _and_ The Secret Life of Language: On Rereading Language
