Adrian Daub is professor of comparative literature and German studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

• Introduction: An Essay on Mediate FamilyChapter 1: Into the Family GalleryChapter 2: Nuclearity and Its DiscontentsChapter 3: Abortive RomanticismChapter 4: Feminism, or The Hegelian DynastyChapter 5: Wagner, or The Bourgeois DynastyChapter 6: Naturalism, or The Dynastic RomanceChapter 7: Freud, or The Reluctant PatriarchChapter 8: George, or The Queer DynastyEpilogue: Black SheepAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

“The Dynastic Imagination is an utterly engrossing study that rethinks the very terms in which we pose questions about an era. In beautiful, lucid prose, Daub leads the reader through the metamorphoses of the concepts of the dynasty and the nuclear family, beginning with the shock waves of the French Revolution and extending well into the twentieth century. One of Daub’s many noteworthy accomplishments in this volume is his deft interweaving of history of science, literary criticism, and cultural history. This book represents an important and exciting contribution to intellectual history.”

Adrian Daub is professor of comparative literature and German studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

• Introduction: An Essay on Mediate FamilyChapter 1: Into the Family GalleryChapter 2: Nuclearity and Its DiscontentsChapter 3: Abortive RomanticismChapter 4: Feminism, or The Hegelian DynastyChapter 5: Wagner, or The Bourgeois DynastyChapter 6: Naturalism, or The Dynastic RomanceChapter 7: Freud, or The Reluctant PatriarchChapter 8: George, or The Queer DynastyEpilogue: Black SheepAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

“The Dynastic Imagination is an utterly engrossing study that rethinks the very terms in which we pose questions about an era. In beautiful, lucid prose, Daub leads the reader through the metamorphoses of the concepts of the dynasty and the nuclear family, beginning with the shock waves of the French Revolution and extending well into the twentieth century. One of Daub’s many noteworthy accomplishments in this volume is his deft interweaving of history of science, literary criticism, and cultural history. This book represents an important and exciting contribution to intellectual history.”

Adrian Daub is professor of comparative literature and German studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

• Introduction: An Essay on Mediate FamilyChapter 1: Into the Family GalleryChapter 2: Nuclearity and Its DiscontentsChapter 3: Abortive RomanticismChapter 4: Feminism, or The Hegelian DynastyChapter 5: Wagner, or The Bourgeois DynastyChapter 6: Naturalism, or The Dynastic RomanceChapter 7: Freud, or The Reluctant PatriarchChapter 8: George, or The Queer DynastyEpilogue: Black SheepAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

“The Dynastic Imagination is an utterly engrossing study that rethinks the very terms in which we pose questions about an era. In beautiful, lucid prose, Daub leads the reader through the metamorphoses of the concepts of the dynasty and the nuclear family, beginning with the shock waves of the French Revolution and extending well into the twentieth century. One of Daub’s many noteworthy accomplishments in this volume is his deft interweaving of history of science, literary criticism, and cultural history. This book represents an important and exciting contribution to intellectual history.”