Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction. The German Envoy to America 1
7. 1. The Teacher of Germany 19
8. 2. The Greatest Living Man of Letters 46
9. Interlude I: Joseph in Egypt (1938) 77
10. 3. The First Citizen of the International Republic of Letters 85
11. Interlude II: Lotte in Weimar (1939) 114
12. 4. Hitler’s Most Intimate Enemy 122
13. Interlude III: The Tables of the Law (1943) 155
14. 5. A Blooming Flower 162
15. Interlude IV: Joseph the Provider (1944) 194
16. 6. The Loyal American Subject 201
17. Interlude V: Doctor Faustus (1948) 231
18. 7. The Isolated World Citizen 239
19. Conclusion 269
20. Notes 283
21. Bibliography 321
22. Index 341