Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Two Introductions 1
5. 1. The Birth and Death of Civilization 29
6. 2 Transformations of Chaos 49
7. 3· Oral-Literate: Two Case Histories 79
8. 4· Beowulf and the Men's Hall 100
9. 5. Two Psychoanalytic Excursions 137
10. 6 Beowulf and the Origins of Civilization 161
11. References 191
12. Index 201