Prologue.
Introduction.
Chapter 1 - Intertextuality.
Kristevas Term in Context.
Kristevas Intertextuality and Semeiotike.
Barthes.
Riffaterre.
Interdiscursivity.
Interdisciplinarity.
Internet and Hypertext.
Chapter 2 Influence.
Influence v Intertextuality.
Blooms Anxiety of Influence in Context.
Harold Bloom.
Traditional Influence.
Chapter 3 Imitation.
Imitation in Context: Mimesis or Anti-mimesis?.
Richard Dawkins: Genetics and Memetics.
Gerard Genette: Rhetoric and the Mimologic.
Rene Girard: Sandal and Excommunication.
Countering the Canon: Imitatio v Plagiarism, Forgery, Counterfeit.
Chapter 4 - Quotation.
Quotation in context: Dictionary or Postmodern Definitions?.
Quotations Crystallizations: Illustrations in Few Other Words.
AllusionQuotations Aptness: Adeptness in Other Words.
Abridgement as Allegory and Parable.
Bridging as Cycle and Cyclification.
Span and Interpretation.
Quotation as Extraction: Re-circulations and Exchanges in so Many Other Words.
Prophecy.
Translation.
Coda: the Return of Reference and the Work of Paul Ricoeur.
Conclusions.
Notes.
Refernces and Bibliography.
Index.
Dictionary of Alternative Terms.