Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-297) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Literature, philosophy, and images in Mahler's music. The crisis of German culture. Titan : symphony of an anti-hero -- Des Knaben Wunderhorn : rediscovering the "Volk" -- Nietzsche and the crisis of German culture -- German culture and its others. Rembrandt and the margins of German culture -- Goethe against German culture -- The two faces of German Orientalism -- Conclusion: Beyond Mahler.
