Introduction 1
Chapter One The Shocks of Transplantation 9
Chapter Two Mythical Innocence 40
Chapter Three Yearning for Lost Civilization 75
Chapter Four Seeking Spiritual Reality 113
Chapter Five The Fragility of Democracy 143
Chapter Six Demonic Visions 175
Chapter Seven Liberating the Land of Freedom 208
Chapter Eight Small Is Beautiful 240
Chapter Nine The Failure of the Dream in Fiction 266
Notes 293
Bibliography 319
Index 347