Contents

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp xv-xvi

List of Abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

Part I - Principles of lyric and drama

pp 1-2

1 - Kleist's puppets

pp 3-18

2 - Language as poetry

pp 19-33

3 - The smallest world theater

pp 34-48

4 - Death and the fools

pp 49-62

5 - Idea, reality and play-acting in Der Tor und der Tod

pp 63-81

6 - Theatrical philosophy: from Der Tor und der Tod to Theater in Versen

pp 82-102

Part II - Language and society

pp 103-104

7 - Chandos and his neighbors

pp 105-128

8 - Werther and Chandos

pp 129-141

9 - Hofmannsthal's return

pp 142-155

10 - Missed meetings in Der Schwierige

pp 156-167

11 - Hans Karl's return

pp 168-190

12 - Society as drama

pp 191-230

Part III - Culture and collapse

pp 231-232

13 - Art by accident

pp 233-251

14 - The allomatic

pp 252-268

15 - The rôle of “Vorwitz” in Das Salzburger Groβe Welttheater

pp 269-286

16 - Salzburg as a theater

pp 287-302

17 - Goethe, Nietzsche, Thomas Taylor and Der Turm

pp 303-325

18 - A tower in ruins: the tragedy of a tragedy

pp 326-342

Conclusion

pp 343-344

Hofmannsthal's development

pp 345-350

Notes

pp 351-384

Index of works

pp 385-387