Acknowledgements viii
Introduction ix
1 A Theory in Ruins 1
2 The Value of Agony 23
3 From Hegel to Beckett 41
4 Heroes 76
5 Freedom, Fate and Justice 101
6 Pity, Fear and Pleasure 153
7 Tragedy and the Novel 178
8 Tragedy and Modernity 203
9 Demons 241
10 Thomas Mann's Hedgehog 274
Notes 298
Index 317
