Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Biographical Imperative: 1. The biographical imperative: Karl Kraus; 2. The biographical imperative: Theodor Adorno; 3. The biographical imperative: Helmut Heißenbüttel - pro domo; 4. From the private life of Everyman: self-presentation and authenticity in Buch der Lieder; 5. In the diplomatic sense: on Reisebilder; Part II. The Real Heine: 6. How to become a Symbolist: Heine and the anthologies of Stefan George and Rudolf Borchardt; 7. The real Heine: Atta Troll and allegory; 8. Ventriloquism in Ludwig Börne. Eine Denkschrift; Part III. Parisian Writing: 9. Sheherazade's snapshots: Lutetia; 10. Mathilde's interruption: archetypes of modernity in Heine's later poetry; Part IV. Epilogue: 11. The tribe of Harry: Heine and contemporary poetry; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This book is a comprehensive study of the nineteenth-century German poet Heinrich Heine.

About the Author

Anthony Phelan is Lecturer in German at Keble College, Oxford.