Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Setting the Stage, and Then Exiting It 1
6. 1 On Critique; or, Two Paths through the Art-Critical World 6
7. 2 On Transcendence; or, Mozart among the Neoplatonists, Present and Past 26
8. 3 On Intention 46
9. 4 On Being 57
10. 5 On Chance and Necessity 76
11. 6 On Ambiguity 92
12. 7 On Mimesis 104
13. 8 On Pleasure 114
14. 9 On Concepts and Culture 135
15. 10 The Flaws in the Finale 143
16. Conclusion: An Other Modernism? 154
17. Notes 161
18. Bibliography 185
19. Index 199