Schumann's Music and E. T. A. Hoffmann's Fiction

Contents

• Introduction;
• 1. Chrysalis, 1827-34: Schumann's emergence as a literary composer;
• 2. Notions of resonance and expression;
• 3. A musical carnival, 1834-7: Carnaval, op. 9;
• 4. Form, content and conception;
• 5. Dream images, 1837: Fantasiestucke, op. 12;
• 6. 'In possession of the secret', 1836-8: Schumann's stylistic evolution;
• 7. New worlds, 1838: Kreisleriana, op. 16;
• 8. Associations and expressiveness in Schumann's 'Hoffmann works';
• 9. Anti-matter, 1839-40: Nachtstucke, op. 23;
• 10. 'The closed book': interpreting aesthetic entities; Appendices: Appendix
• 1. Concordance of Novalis excerpts; Appendix
• 2. Novalis and the Schumann of 1828; Appendix
• 3. Extracts from selected German original texts.