Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction: Notes on Literature in Vienna at the Turn of the Centuries 1
5. I. Literature
6. Photo: Jugendstil architecture, Linke Wienzeile 26
7. The Written City: Vienna 1900 and 2000 27
8. Notes from the Counter-World: Poetry in Vienna from Hugo von Hofmannsthal to Ernst Jandl 51
9. Austrian Women and the Public: Women’s Writing at the Turn of the Centuries 67
10. Dreams of Interpretation: Psychoanalysis and the Literature of Vienna 89
11. Venice as Mediator between Province and Viennese Metropolis: Themes in Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Gerhard Roth, and Kolleritsch 117
12. Critical Observers of Their Times: Karl Kraus and Robert Menasse 133
13. II. Arts and Culture
14. Photo: Wiener Secession 154
15. Art and Architecture 1900 and 2000 155
16. Literature and Austrian Cinema Culture at the Turn of the Centuries 179
17. “Wien bleibt Wien”: Austrian-Jewish Culture at Two Fins de Siècle 205
18. Notes on the Contributors 221
19. Index 223