1. Philosophical Genres and Literary Forms: A Mildly Polemical Introduction—Jonathan Lavery
2. Plato's Protagoras and the Frontier of Genre Research: A Reconnaissance Report from the Field—Jonathan Lavery
3. From Polemic to Exegesis: The Ancient Philosophical Commentary—Han Baltussen
4. Inner Dialogue in Augustine and Anselm—Gareth B. Matthews
5.Abelard's Historia Calamitatum and Letters: Self as Search and Struggle—Eileen C. Sweeney
6.Notes on Contributors