Tim Mehigan is professor of German and head of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Melbourne.

• Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-ConsciousnessKleist's "Kant Crisis" and Its Consequences"Betwixt a false reason and none at all": Kleist and SkepticismOn the Excluded Middle in PenthesileaHeinrich von Kleist's Concept of Law, with Special Reference to "Michael Kohlhaas""Über das Marionettentheater"The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract"Die Marquise von O. . .": The Marriage Contract"Michael Kohlhaas": Death and the Contract"Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau": Kleist's Essay "Über dieallmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden"Kleist's Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo" as an ExampleThe Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von KleistWorks CitedIndex

[E]xplores Kleist's response to Kant from an impressive variety of philosophical and theoretical positions to create a cohesive case for 'the complex dialogue between philosophy and literature' (vii). At the same time, the illuminating readings of individual works underwrite the productive potential of such an approach. . . . Mehigan's case for Kleist's 'writing after Kant' is rich and informative and a truly interdisciplinary work that will engage readers across philosophical and literary discourses.

Tim Mehigan is professor of German and head of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Melbourne.

• Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-ConsciousnessKleist's "Kant Crisis" and Its Consequences"Betwixt a false reason and none at all": Kleist and SkepticismOn the Excluded Middle in PenthesileaHeinrich von Kleist's Concept of Law, with Special Reference to "Michael Kohlhaas""Über das Marionettentheater"The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract"Die Marquise von O. . .": The Marriage Contract"Michael Kohlhaas": Death and the Contract"Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau": Kleist's Essay "Über dieallmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden"Kleist's Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo" as an ExampleThe Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von KleistWorks CitedIndex

[E]xplores Kleist's response to Kant from an impressive variety of philosophical and theoretical positions to create a cohesive case for 'the complex dialogue between philosophy and literature' (vii). At the same time, the illuminating readings of individual works underwrite the productive potential of such an approach. . . . Mehigan's case for Kleist's 'writing after Kant' is rich and informative and a truly interdisciplinary work that will engage readers across philosophical and literary discourses.

Tim Mehigan is professor of German and head of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Melbourne.

• Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-ConsciousnessKleist's "Kant Crisis" and Its Consequences"Betwixt a false reason and none at all": Kleist and SkepticismOn the Excluded Middle in PenthesileaHeinrich von Kleist's Concept of Law, with Special Reference to "Michael Kohlhaas""Über das Marionettentheater"The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract"Die Marquise von O. . .": The Marriage Contract"Michael Kohlhaas": Death and the Contract"Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau": Kleist's Essay "Über dieallmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden"Kleist's Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo" as an ExampleThe Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von KleistWorks CitedIndex

[E]xplores Kleist's response to Kant from an impressive variety of philosophical and theoretical positions to create a cohesive case for 'the complex dialogue between philosophy and literature' (vii). At the same time, the illuminating readings of individual works underwrite the productive potential of such an approach. . . . Mehigan's case for Kleist's 'writing after Kant' is rich and informative and a truly interdisciplinary work that will engage readers across philosophical and literary discourses.