Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Part I. Jean Paul’s “Rede Des Todten Christus”
5. 1. The genesis of the “Rede” 3
6. 2. The “Rede” interpreted 25
7. Part II. Carlyle and the “Rede”
8. 3. Carlyle’s early reaction to the “Rede” 53
9. 4. Carlyle echoing the “Rede” 75
10. Part III. Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus
11. 5. Sartor interpreted 93
12. 6. The process of Carlyle’s ‘conversion’ 149
13. General conclusion 199
14. Appendix I. Legend about the Midnight Mass of the Dead 209
15. Appendix II. Jean Paul’s texts 211
16. Appendix III. English translations 229
17. Appendix IV. The “Rede” in Mme de Staël’s De l’Allemagne 237
18. Bibliography 265
19. Index 279