Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: An Archive of Motives
7. Prolegomena 11
8. 1. Lapsing into the Unformed 17
9. 2. A Modest Proposal 24
10. 3. Part-to-Whole Relations 32
11. 4. The Factors Behind Rhetoric 40
12. 5. The Ideal Opening 53
13. 6. Charting an Upward and Downward Path 62
14. 7. A Pause at the Window 68
15. 8. Writing at the Center of the Universe 77
16. 9. Everything Is Nowhere 86
17. Epilegomena 92
18. Part II: A Theory of Motives
19. Prolegomena 97
20. 1. Mythic Palingenesis 99
21. 2. Identification’s Dimensions 127
22. 3. Devices Old and New 145
23. 4. Mythic Historiography 168
24. Epilegomena 183
25. Notes 189
26. Works Cited 210
27. Index 219