Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Chapter 1. HOW CAN A MYTH BE MODERN? 1
4. Chapter 2. JOHN BULL ON A BEACH: Robinson Crusoe (1719) 26
5. Chapter 3 .THE REANIMATOR: Frankenstein (1818) 69
6. Chapter 4. UNCHAINING THE BEAST: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) 130
7. Chapter 5. THE BODY AND THE BLOOD: Dracula (1897) 165
8. Chapter 6. WHO SHALL DWELL IN THESE WORLDS: The War of the Worlds (1897) 223
9. Chapter 7. REASON WEARS A DEERSTALKER: The Sherlock Holmes stories (1887– 1927) 275
10. Chapter 8. I AM THE LAW: Batman (1939–) 311
11. Chapter 9. MYTHS IN THE MAKING, MYTHS TO COME 351
12. Chapter 10. THE MYTHIC MODE 370
13. Acknowledgments 383
14. Notes 385
15. Bibliography 407
16. Index 415