Acknowledgments
ix
Author's Note
x
Introduction
xi
The Birth of the Herostratos Tradition
1
(19)
The Globalization of Herostratos
20
(16)
The Destroyers
36
(35)
The Killers
71
(40)
Herostratos at the World Trade Center
111
(12)
The Literature of Herostratos Since the Early Nineteenth Century
123
(36)
Afterword
159
(1)
Appendix: Herostratos in Art and Film
160
(2)
Notes
162
(22)
Index
184