Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-Consciousness

pp 1-12

Part I - Reason

pp 13-14

1 - Kleist’s “Kant Crisis” and Its Consequences

pp 15-32

2 - “Betwixt a false reason and none at all”: Kleist and Skepticism

pp 33-51

3 - On the Excluded Middle in Penthesilea

pp 52-67

4 - Heinrich von Kleist’s Concept of Law, with Special Reference to “Michael Kohlhaas”

pp 68-84

Part II - Agreement

pp 85-86

5 - “Über das Marionettentheater”

pp 87-102

6 - The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract

pp 103-126

7 - “Die Marquise von O…”: The Marriage Contract

pp 127-138

8 - “Michael Kohlhaas”: Death and the Contract

pp 139-166

Part III - Inference and Judgment

pp 167-168

9 - “Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau”: Kleist’s Essay “Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden”

pp 169-182

10 - Kleist’s Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: “Die Verlobung in St. Domingo” as an Example

pp 183-195

11 - The Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von Kleist

pp 196-212

Works Cited

pp 213-226

Index

pp 227-232