Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Apologia
Introduction: On Beginnings
Part I: Reframing Old Questions
Chapter 1. Making Believe: Sparks Flying in the Spielraum
Chapter 2. Us and Them: Real Toads in Imaginary Ghettos
Interlude One: Clowning with Low German
Chapter 3. Resisting Nostalgia: Little Shtahp on the Prairie
Part II: Witnessing a New Phenomenon
Plates
Chapter 4. Locatiion, Dislocation: Harvesting a Literary Bumper Crop
Chapter 5. Melos and Logos: Talking About Music
Interlude Two: Clowning with Masks
Chapter 6. Iconoclash: Redecorating the Spielraum
Conclusion: On Endings
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index