/ CONTENTS

Introduction to the Norton Paperback Edition

Preface

I.         THE TRAUMA OF BIRTH: FROM WEIMAR TO WEIMAR

II.        THE COMMUNITY OF REASON: CONCILIATORS AND CRITICS

III.      THE SECRET GERMANY: POETRY AS POWER

IV.      THE HUNGER FOR WHOLENESS: TRIALS OF MODERNITY

V.       THE REVOLT OF THE SON: EXPRESSIONIST YEARS

VI.      THE REVENGE OF THE FATHER: RISE AND FALL OF OBJECTIVITY

Appendices: I. A Short Political History of the Weimar Republic

 II. Bibliography

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Index