Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Translations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Methodological Background
7. 1. The Limits of National Form: Normativity and Performativity in Bildungsroman Criticism 13
8. 2. Apprenticeship of the Novel: Goethe and the Invention of History 43
9. Part II. Comparative Studies
10. 3. Epigonal Consciousness: Stendhal, Immermann, and the “Problem of Generations” around 1830 73
11. 4. Long-Distance Fantasies: Freytag, Eliot, and National Literature in the Age of Empire 101
12. 5. Urban Vernaculars: Joyce, Döblin, and the “Individuating Rhythm” of Modernity 128
13. Conclusion: Apocalipsis cum figuris : Thomas Mann and the Bildungsroman at the Ends of Time 155
14. Bibliography 183
15. Index 193