Durrenmatt

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Abbreviations, pg. x
List of Illustrations, pg. xii
Introduction: A Host of Dürrenmatts, pg. 1
1. Early Prose Works: A Dead End, pg. 31
2. Poetry in Picture Books: It Is Written, The Blind Man, pg. 43
3. A Judge of His Own Case: Romulus the Great, pg. 73
4. Don Quixote in a Broken Mirror: The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi, pg. 93
6. Nature Behind the Scenes: Three Novels, pg. 127
7. The Absolute Grotesque Takes Over: A Dangerous Game, The Pledge, pg. 149
8. More Than a Reservoir of Themes: Radio Plays, pg. 176
9. A Judge of His Own Craft: Writings On The Theater, pg. 202
10. All Roads Lead to Guellen: The Visit, pg. 223
11. Freedom Among the Gangsters: Frank V, pg. 255
12. Doctoring a Hopeless Patient: The Physicists, pg. 266
13. The Other Half of the Paradox: Hercules, The Meteor, pg. 287
14. His Own Dramaturge: The Anabaptists, pg. 309
15. "Strindmatt or Dürrenberg?": Play Strindberg, pg. 322
16. Shake-Scening the Barbs: Four Adaptations, pg. 336
17. Cosmic and Underground Visions: Portrait of a Planet, The Partaker, pg. 366
18. Models of the State: Five Prose Works, pg. 379
Conclusion: Dürrenmatt and the Stage, pg. 417
Appendix: A List of Works, pg. 441
Bibliography, pg. 443
Index, pg. 469