Stereotype and Destiny in Arthur Schnitzler's Prose : Five Psycho-Sociological Readings.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Viennese Types and Habsburg Nostalgia -- The Ambivalent Problem of Modernity -- Destiny as Defence Mechanism -- Stereotypes as Defence Mechanism and Destiny -- Stereotype and Destiny and the Risk of Failure -- The Gothic Horror of Stereotype and Destiny -- A Psycho-Sociological Reading -- 1. Stereotypes and Physiognomy in Der Weg ins Freie (Road into the Open) -- Stereotypes and Images of 'Normality' -- Physiognomy and Destiny -- Stereotypes and Performative Speech Acts -- Recognitions and Repetitions -- 2. Madness and Investiture in Flucht in die Finsternis (Flight into Darkness) -- A Crisis of Investiture -- Diagnosis as Destiny -- Seductive Stereotypes of Madness -- Signs of Destiny -- Romantic Madness -- 3. Race and Destiny in Die Weissagung (The Prophecy) and Andreas Thameyers letzter Brief (Andreas Thameyer's Last Letter) -- Destiny and Stereotypes of Jewishness in Die Weissagung (The Prophecy) -- Male Suicide as Destiny and Stereotypes of Blackness in Andreas Thameyers letzter Brief (Andreas Thameyer's Last Letter) -- 4. Love as Destiny and Cliché in Die Fremde (The Stranger), Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg (Baron Leisenbohg's Destiny) and Das neue Lied (The New Song) -- Destiny and Stereotypes of Enigmatic Femininity in Die Fremde (The Stranger) -- Courtly Love and Seriality in Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg (Baron Leisenbohg's Destiny) -- Seriality and Performance in Das neue Lied (The New Song) -- 5. Dream, Destiny and Infectious Alterity in Traumnovelle (Dream Story) -- Failing Recognitions -- Coping Mechanisms -- Infection of the Norm -- Infected Performance -- Purification -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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