multiplicity of meanings that characterize the term literary form. It is useful to note at the outset that the handbook itself shows what is meant by the label literary form. For many readers, that might suffice. For others, though, the following anatomy of things that are covered in this handbook will prove useful. We should begin by noting that the concept of literary form as a whole concerns the how of an utterance as distinct from the what. Later in this introduction, I will assert that those two cannot