The Look of Things

Front matter

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Part II

. Aestheticism, Romanticism, and the Body of Language 137 . Hofmannsthal and the Voice of Language 146

. Other as Same: The Politics of the George Circle 237

Notes 275 Works Cited 297 Index 311 o N Av

ILLUSTRATIONS

. Title page of the first edition of Der Teppich des Lebens by Stefan George, 1900 15

. Editorial commentary on the first edition of Der Teppich des Lebens by Stefan George, 1900 16

. Two poems from the first edition of Der Teppich des Lebens by Stefan George, 1900 17

4. Photo of the train accident at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris in October 1895 36

. Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell, 1880-1917 214

. Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell, 1880-1917, detail 215 . Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Curtain and Flowered Pitcher, ca. 1899 217 . Table of contents of the first publication of the Blätter für die Kunst,

October 1892 249

. Photograph of Stefan George by Theodor Hilsdorf, ca. 1928 251

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am indebted to many of my colleagues and friends who have supported me during the many years that I worked on this project. First and foremost, many thanks to Roger Cook for his congenial support throughout my junior years at the University of Missouri as well as for his good humor and endless patience when working with me on early drafts of this book. Peter Gilgen, Noah Heringman, Brad Prager, and Nancy West all provided detailed and extremely helpful commentaries on single chapters of the manuscript. Bill Kerwin, Karen Piper, and Jeff Williams always gave me good advice and kept my spirits up during the final stages of the project, as did the entire crowd at Teller’s (you know who you are!). Ulrich Baer and Neil H. Donahue offered valuable suggestions for revision of the final manuscript. This book would never have seen the light of day without the tireless efforts of Jonathan Hess, series editor for the University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, who always found the time to answer my questions and helped me along at every stage of the publication process. Adam Gori did an excellent job copyediting the final version of the manuscript, correcting numerous stylistic and syntactical errors. Many thanks also to the various institutions that granted me permission to reprint photos and illustrations, in particular to Ute Oelmann from the Stefan George-Archiv in Stuttgart. Both the University of Missouri Research Board and the Research Council provided financial support for this project. Finally, I want to express my gratitude to Kenneth S. Calhoon. The most inspiring thinker I have known, Ken guided me through my dissertation years at the University of Oregon and helped me to get on track for an academic job. This book is dedicated to my wife, Valerie Kaussen, and our daughter, Clara, with all my love.

THE LOOK OF THINGS