Introduction, 1 The Making of an Artist by Himself and Others: Little Herr Friedemann,The Dilettante, Little Lizzy, 2 The Crisis of Representativeness The Tragic Muse, Royal Highness 3 The Artist as Impostor, The Aspem Papers, The Sacred Fount 4 Two Beasts in the Jungle The Beast in the Jungle, Death in Venice 5 Art, Disease and Decay Buddenbrooks, The Wings of the Dove 6 Damnation or Salvation? The Golden Bowl, Doctor Faustus