Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. The Advent of the Lower Depths
7. 1. In the Den of Horror 11
8. 2. Courts of Miracles 36
9. 3. “Dangerous Classes” 60
10. PART II. Scenarios of Society’s Underside
11. 4. Empire of Lists 83
12. 5. The Disguised Prince 100
13. 6. The Grand Dukes’ Tour 121
14. 7. Poetic Flight 141
15. PART III. Ebbing of an Imaginary
16. 8. Slow Eclipse of the Underworld 161
17. 9. Persistent Shadows 181
18. 10. Roots of Fascination 198
19. Conclusion 221
20. Notes 227
21. Index 265