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Acknowledgements; References to Tippett's scores and essays; 1. Tippettand the 'world vision' of modernity; 2. The significance of the concept'image' in Tippett's musical thought: a perspective from Jung; 3. Back toNietzsche? Transformations of the dionysiac in The Midsummer Marriage andKing Priam; 4. Metaphysics in a cold climate: The Vision of Saint Augustine;5. 'Shall we ...? Affirm!' The ironic and the sublime in The Mask of Time; 6.The meaning of 'lateness': mediations of work, self and society in Tippett'sTriple Concerto; 7. The golden bird and the porcelain bowl: Byzantium and thepolitics of artefacts; Notes; Bibliography; Index.