Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1: Approaching Goethe 34
7. 2: The Faust Drama. Overview and Part I 76
8. 3: Faust, Part II 106
9. 4: An Introduction to the Study of Franz Kafka 162
10. 5: “Hurrying Is Deadly”: A Slow Reading of Kafka’s “The Judgment” 177
11. Postscript 231
12. Bibliography 239
13. Index 247