Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. A Note on the Series iii
3. Contents vi
4. Illustrations viii
5. Acknowledgments xii
6. Note on Online Material xiv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I A Theory of Narratology for the Lied
9. Chapter One. Narratological Foundations: The Lied as Narrative Text 21
10. Chapter Two. Narrative Agency: Narrators, Characters, Focalizers 33
11. Chapter Three. Narrative Action: Events in Lyric Poetry and Lieder 74
12. Part II Schumann’s Lieder through the Narratological Lens
13. Chapter Four. Narrating in Song: Analyses of Individual Lieder 113
14. Chapter Five. Schumann and the Ballad 132
15. Chapter Six. Multiplying Voices: Schumann’s Songs for Two, Three, and Four Voices 176
16. Chapter Seven. Schumann’s Cycles 210
17. Postlude 251
18. Glossary of Narratological Terms 253
19. Bibliography 261
20. Index of Schumann’s Songs 273
21. General Index 281