1. Time present and time past: history and the contemporary novel -- 2. The way it was The secret of the springs: Memoirs of Hadrian -- Clio swived: The sot-weed factor -- 3. The way it will be The terror of history: Riddley Walker -- Puritanism and patriarchy: The handmaid's tale -- 4. The turning point Entropic stasis: The leopard -- Abreaction of the West: The white hotel -- 5. The distant mirror Through a glass darkly: Go down, Moses -- Face to face: The name of the rose
