CONTENTS

Fragments

The Earthquake in Chile

The Betrothal in Santo Domingo

Saint Cecilia, or the Power of Music

The Beggar Woman of Locarno

The Marquise of O . . .

Michael Kohlhaas

On the Gradual Formulation of Thoughts While Speaking

On the Theater of Marionettes

All Fall Down: The House of Cards of Heinrich von Kleist (an afterword)