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Index
Cover
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Viennese Types and Habsburg Nostalgia
The Ambivalent Problem of Modernity
Destiny as Defence Mechanism
Stereotypes as Defence Mechanism and Destiny
Stereotype and Destiny and the Risk of Failure
The Gothic Horror of Stereotype and Destiny
A Psycho-Sociological Reading
1. Stereotypes and Physiognomy in Der Weg ins Freie (Road into the Open)
Stereotypes and Images of ‘Normality’
Physiognomy and Destiny
Stereotypes and Performative Speech Acts
Recognitions and Repetitions
2. Madness and Investiture in Flucht in die Finsternis (Flight into Darkness)
A Crisis of Investiture
Diagnosis as Destiny
Seductive Stereotypes of Madness
Signs of Destiny
Romantic Madness
3. Race and Destiny in Die Weissagung (The Prophecy) and Andreas Thameyers letzter Brief (Andreas Thameyer’s Last Letter)
Destiny and Stereotypes of Jewishness in Die Weissagung (The Prophecy)
Male Suicide as Destiny and Stereotypes of Blackness in Andreas Thameyers letzter Brief (Andreas Thameyer’s Last Letter)
4. Love as Destiny and Cliché in Die Fremde (The Stranger), Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg (Baron Leisenbohg’s Destiny) and Das neue Lied (The New Song)
Destiny and Stereotypes of Enigmatic Femininity in Die Fremde (The Stranger)
Courtly Love and Seriality in Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg (Baron Leisenbohg’s Destiny)
Seriality and Performance in Das neue Lied (The New Song)
5. Dream, Destiny and Infectious Alterity in Traumnovelle (Dream Story)
Failing Recognitions
Coping Mechanisms
Infection of the Norm
Infected Performance
Purification
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Imprint
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