3. Flumen Publicum: The Imitation of Right and the Recognition of Rite in Keller’s A Village Romeo and Juliet

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Translations xii
5. Introduction: Between the Surface and the Depths 1
6. 1. Water and Stone: The End of Life and of Sacrifice in Goethe’s Elective Affinities and Ebner-Eschenbach’s Beyond Atonement 37
7. 2. The Wide Sea of Light: Hidden Law and Works of Love in Stifter’s Early Writing 76
8. 3. Flumen Publicum: The Imitation of Right and the Recognition of Rite in Keller’s A Village Romeo and Juliet 121
9. 4. A Faint Wake: Atonement and Afterward in Storm’s Late Works 164
10. Epilogue: Ophelia and the Boatman 206
11. Bibliography 243
12. Index 261