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Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. The confessional turn; 2. Threeexemplary readings: the endless confession: Augustine's Confessions, aparadigm of passion: Kierkegaard's Diary of a Seducer, confession andrevenge: James's 'Figure in the Carpet'; 3. The embroidered sin: confessionalevasion in The Scarlet Letter; 4. Love's androgynous advocates: design anddesire in Absalom, Absalom!; 5. All here is sin: the obligation in TheUnnamable; 6. Conclusion: the web; Notes; Index.