Acknowledgements =viii
Introduction: Modernity and the Crisis of Morals =1
Part 1 Naturalism and Decadence
1. Decadence, Naturalism and the Morality of Writing =29
2. Books and Ruins: Abject Decadence in Gide and Mann =49
Part 2 Symbolic Centres of Modernism
3. Extremist MOdernism: The Avant-Garde and the Limits of Art =69
4. Moral Regeneration and Moral Bankruptcy: Conrad, Faulkner and Idiocy =88
Part 3 Sexual and Cultural Difference
5. American Expatriate Fictions and the Ethics of Sexual Difference =111
6. The Blind Impress of Modernity: Lorca, Kafka and New york =133
Part 4 Modernist Trickery
7. The Modernist Picaresque: Moralists without Qualities =157
8. Myths of the Magician: Kalus Mann, Thomas Mann ans Nazi Germany =179
Conclusion: Liberating the Fear of Modernity =196
Notes =210
Bibliography =240
Index =257
Introduction: Modernity and the Crisis of Morals =1
Part 1 Naturalism and Decadence
1. Decadence, Naturalism and the Morality of Writing =29
2. Books and Ruins: Abject Decadence in Gide and Mann =49
Part 2 Symbolic Centres of Modernism
3. Extremist MOdernism: The Avant-Garde and the Limits of Art =69
4. Moral Regeneration and Moral Bankruptcy: Conrad, Faulkner and Idiocy =88
Part 3 Sexual and Cultural Difference
5. American Expatriate Fictions and the Ethics of Sexual Difference =111
6. The Blind Impress of Modernity: Lorca, Kafka and New york =133
Part 4 Modernist Trickery
7. The Modernist Picaresque: Moralists without Qualities =157
8. Myths of the Magician: Kalus Mann, Thomas Mann ans Nazi Germany =179
Conclusion: Liberating the Fear of Modernity =196
Notes =210
Bibliography =240
Index =257