Malicious Objects, Anger Management, and the Question of Modern Literature

Acknowledgments

ac k now l e d g m e n t s The writing of this book profited immensely from conversations with my friends and colleagues Michal Ginsburg, Marcus Moseley, Helmut Müller-Sievers, Rainer Rumold, Thomas Schestag, Samuel Weber, and Kirk Wetters. Peter Fenves should receive special recognition . Without his valuable insights and comments the writing of this book would not have been possible. Paul Fleming’s and John Hamilton ’s careful reading of the manuscript helped to shape its central arguments. I am especially thankful to Benjamin Robinson, Robert Ryder, and Christian Pinawin, who worked with me on the translation of such difficult authors as Jean Paul, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Heimito von Doderer. The completion of the manuscript was made possible by a faculty fellowship from Northwestern University’s Kaplan Institute for the Humanities for the 2010–11 academic year. ...