| Foreword (1993) | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: Purpose and Method | 3 |
| 1 | Sermo Humilis | 25 |
| Excursus: Gloria Passionis | 67 |
| 2 | Latin Prose in the Early Middle Ages | 83 |
| 3 | Camilla, or, The Rebirth of the Sublime | 181 |
| 4 | The Western Public and Its Language | 235 |
| Abbreviations | 341 |
| List of Works Cited | 343 |
| General Index | 373 |
| Index of Latin Words | 389 |
| Bibliography of the Writings of Erich Auerbach | 391 |
| Biographical Note | 407 |