Part I: The Artist and Philosopher
Chapter 1: One of the Phenomenal Debut Films in the History of Movies: The Sugarland Express as Expression of Spielbergs Movie Sense and as Contribution to a Genre Cycle, David LaRocca
Chapter 2: Adapting Objects: Spielberg and the Art of Making Strange, Paul Johnson
Chapter 3: Fear and Wonder: The Lived-Body Experience of Spielbergs Cinema, Adam Daniel
Chapter 4: Galloping into the Jaws of Death: The Psychology of Animal Symbolism in Jaws and War Horse, Jennifer L. McMahon
Chapter 5: A Million Light Years from Home: Spielbergs Extraterrestrials, Transhumanism, and Constructions of Alterity, Elizabeth Lowry
Chapter 6: Of Children and Redrums: The Influence of Stanley Kubrick on A.I. and Minority Report, Elsa Colombani
Part II: The Dreamer
Chapter 7: Poiesis and Miracles: From Something Evil to The Mission, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Mariana Soledad Zarate, and Eduardo Veteri
Chapter 8: Deus ex Machina: Spielbergs Fantastic Visions of Tragedy and Grace, Joshua Sikora
Chapter 9: A Modern Pythia: The Oracle in Minority Report, Sabine Planka
Chapter 10: The Politics of Nostalgia: Reconstructing Epic Heroism in Spielbergs Amblin and Always, Christian Jimenez
Chapter 11: Piracy, Boy Heroes, and the Importance of Playing the Game in Spielbergs Hook and The Adventures of Tintin, Sue Matheson
Chapter 12: Categorizing E.T., Christopher H. Ketcham
Part III: The Historian
Chapter 13: I Thought You Were an American: Spielberg, 1941, and Saving Private Ryan, Sean OReilly
Chapter 14: Testimonies of the Past: Spielbergs Moral Exploration of Racial Discrimination, Michael Versteeg
Chapter 15: Writing Postmodern Histories in Hollywood: The Portrayal of the Male Characters in Catch Me If You Can, Bridge of Spies, and The Post, Orsolya Karacsony
Chapter 16: Dignified Professor and Intrepid Adventurer: Two Facets of Indiana Jones, Carl Sobocinski
Chapter 17: We Spared No Expense: Practical Utopias in Jurassic Park, The Terminal, and Ready Player One, Carl Sweeney
Chapter 18: Trivialization, Displacement, and Historical Amnesia: The Work of Innocence and Embrace in Empire of the Sun and War of the Worlds, Naaman K. Wood and David J. Strickler