Myth and literature in a New World

Cannibals and Christians : European vs. American Indian culture

A home in the heart of darkness : the origin of the Indian war narratives (1625-1682)

Israel in Babylon : the archetype of the captivity narratives (1682-1700)

A palisade of language : captivity mythology and the social crisis (1688-1693)

The hunting of the beast : initiation or exorcism? (1675-1725)

The search for a hero and the problem of the "natural man" (1700-1765)

A gallery of types : the evolution of literary genres and the image of the American (1755-1785)

Narrative into myth : the emergence of a hero (1784)

Evolution of the national hero : farmer to hunter to Indian (1784-1855)

Society and solitude : the frontier myth in romantic literature (1795-1825)

The fragmented image : the Boone myth and sectional cultures (1820-1850)

Man without a cross : the Leatherstocking myth (1823-1841)

A pyramid of skulls.

1. Myth and literature in a new world

2. Cannibals and Christians : European vs. American Indian culture

3. A home in the heart of darkness : the origins of the Indian war narratives (1625-1682)

4. Israel in Babylon : the archetype of the captivity narratives (1682-1700)

5. A palisade of language : captivity mythology and the social crisis (1688-1693)

6. The hunting of the beast : initiation or exorcism? (1675-1725)

7. The search for a hero and the problem of the "natural man" (1700-1765)

8. A gallery of types : the evolution of literary genres and the image of the American (1755-1785)

9. Narrative into myth : the emergence of a hero (1784)

10. Evolution of the national hero : farmer to hunter to Indian (1784-1855)

11. Society and solitude : the frontier myth in romantic literature (1795-1825)

12. The fragmented image : the Boone myth and sectional cultures (1820-1850)

13. Man without a cross : the Leatherstocking myth (1823-1841)

14. A pyramid of skulls.