Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. I. Introduction 1
5. II. Heine and the Gods 12
6. III. The Burgher and the Greeks: Burckhardt 43
7. IV. Aestheticism and Myth in Wagner 62
8. V. Nietzsche and the Myth 82
9. VI. Greek and Germanic Myth in George 116
10. VII. Rilke, Mythology, and Myth 150
11. Epilogue 187
12. Bibliography, Notes, and Index
13. Bibliography 193
14. Notes 201
15. Index 219