Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Photographs ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Mystic Sources 9
7. The Great War 17
8. Social Conscience and Christian Quietism 23
9. Alma 37
10. Alma and Barbara 45
11. Alma and Franz: Political Counterpoint 57
12. Poetry and Politics: Werfel Between the Wars 67
13. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh 75
14. Between Heaven and Earth 89
15. First Fruits of Exile: Cella's Austria and Embezzled Heaven 103
16. Historical Vision and Political Nostalgia: Twilight of a World, 1938-40 123
17. Vox Clamantis in Tusculum: Bernadette and the Bishop 143
18. A Special Relationship 165
19. Afterword 189
20. Notes 195
21. Bibliography 229
22. Index 241