11 Obsessions with Pierrot

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preludes and Postulates 1
5. THE ORIENT
6. 1 "And the Moon Descends over the Temple That Was" 13
7. 2 Of Nightingales and Ukiyo-e 38
8. THE PRIMITIVE
9. 3 Out of Africa and the Steppes 63
10. 4 “Massacre“ and Other Neologisms 84
11. 5 The Creation of the World 112
12. 6 Josephine and Jonny 134
13. 7 The Cunard Line 164
14. 8 Take the “A“ Train 187
15. CLOCKWORK
16. 9 The Valley of the Bells 215
17. 10 Stravinsky and the Cubists 229
18. MASQUERADES
19. 11 Obsessions with Pierrot 277
20. 12 Masks and Machines 310
21. 13 Oedipus and Agon: “Husks of Style?“ 342
22. СUT AND PASTE
23. 14 Exodus: 1939 377
24. 15 Tristan's Scissors 398
25. 16 pyramids at the Louvre 419
26. 17 Envoi: The New Cartography 443
27. Notes, Bibliography, Index
28. Notes 477
29. Bibliography 525
30. Index 555