PROLOGUE: THE MYTH AND THE DIALOGUE 1
Ⅰ.THE DANGER OF INNOCENCE 11
1.THE CASE AGAINST THE PAST 13
2.THE NEW ADAM: HOLMES AND WHITMAN 28
3.THE FORTUNATE FALL: THE ELDER JAMES AND HORACE BUSHNELL 54
II.THE NARRATIVE IMAGE 75
4.THE FABLE OF THE CRITICS 77
5.THE HERO IN SPACE: BROWN, COOPER, BIRD 90
6.THE RETURN INTO TIME: HAWTHORNE 110
7.MELVILLE: THE APOTHEOSIS OF ADAM 127
Ⅲ.THE PAST AND THE PERFECT 157
8.THE FUNCTION OF HISTORY: BANCROFT AND PARKMAN 159
9.THE REAL PRESENCE: PARKER AND BROWNSON 174
EPILOGUE: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION 195
ADAM AS HERO IN THE AGE OF CONTAINMENT 195
INDEX 199
INDEX 199