1: Kleist’s “Kant Crisis” and Its Consequences

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-Consciousness 1
6. Part I. Reason
7. Introduction 13
8. 1: Kleist’s “Kant Crisis” and Its Consequences 15
9. 2: “Betwixt a false reason and none at all”: Kleist and Skepticism 33
10. 3: On the Excluded Middle in Penthesilea 52
11. 4: Heinrich von Kleist’s Concept of Law, with Special Reference to “Michael Kohlhaas” 68
12. Part II. Agreement
13. Introduction 85
14. 5: “Über das Marionettentheater” 87
15. 6: The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract 103
16. 7: “Die Marquise von O. . .”: The Marriage Contract 127
17. 8: “Michael Kohlhaas”: Death and the Contract 139
18. Part III. Inference and Judgment
19. Introduction 167
20. 9: “Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau”: Kleist’s Essay “Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden” 169
21. 10: Kleist’s Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: “Die Verlobung in St. Domingo” as an Example 183
22. 11: The Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von Kleist 196
23. Works Cited 213
24. Index 227