Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contexts xiii
4. The return of the native 3
5. The Admirable Alien 42
6. The Great American Mystery 68
7. European Orbit 111
8. The Golden Age of Lafayette Square 143
9. Portraits in Acid 181
10. The Warfare Between Science and Religion 218
11. The Forsaken Garden 259
12. The Season of Nirvana 290
13. Decline and Fall of the Hero 349
14. Art and Scholarship 387
15. Appendix 423
16. Notes 427
17. Selected bibliography 489
18. Index 499