Preface
Introduction

Chapter I Saul Bellow and the Poetics of Ephebism
1． The Young and Gerontic Images： Binary Characterization in The Adventures of Augie March
2． Ephebism． Looking for the Elusive Truth in Henderson the Rain King
3． Subverting the "Name of the Father" ： Pathological Culture in Herzog

Chapter II Philip Roth and the Anatomy of American Culturopathology
1． Individualist Terrorism or Terrorist Individualism： Paranoia as the American National Character in The Plot Against America
2． Democratic Terrorism or Terrorist Democracy： Conspiracism as the American Cultural Identity in The Plot Against America
3． Universalist Terrorism and Terrorist Universalism： Mass Hysteria as the American Communal Behavior in The Plot Against America

Chapter III Don DeLillo and Cultural Pathology of Late Capitalism
1． Sovereign Interpolation and Social Paranoia： Social Mechanism of Cultural Pathology in The Names
2． Cultural Dysfunction and Collective X-Syndromes： Psycho-Mechanism of Cultural Pathology in White Noise
3． Empowerment and Cultural Aphasia： Signification Dysfunction in Libra
4． Subjective Resistance and Critique of Dominant Power： Towards a Cultural Therapy in Mao II

Conclusion
Works Cited
Index