6 Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. 1 Introduction: Ornamentality 1
5. I Theory
6. 2 Thematic and Formal Equivalence 7
7. 3 Ornamentalism – Nineteen Theses 15
8. II Analyses
9. 4 Aleksandr Puškin’s “The Coffin-Maker” 27
10. 5 Nikolaj Gogol’s “The Overcoat” 59
11. 6 Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke 62
12. 7 Anton Čexov’s Stories 67
13. 8 Richard Beer-Hofmann’s The Death of George 92
14. 9 Andrej Belyj 97
15. 10 Isaak Babel’ 107
16. 11 Vsevolod Ivanov’s “The Child” 113
17. 12 Nikolaj Nikitin’s “The Dog” 117
18. 13 Boris Pil’njak 119
19. 14 Arthur Schnitzler’s Dream Novella 130
20. 15 Evgenij Zamjatin’s “The Flood” 143
21. 16 Polina Barskova’s Living Pictures 161
22. 17 Summary and Conclusions 165
23. 18 Works Cited 169
24. 19 Index of Authors and Works 179