AcknowledgmentsNote on Editions and Translations
Introduction
1. The Dilemma of Choice in Irrungen, Wirrungen
2. The Broken Word: On the Rhetoric of Trust and Honor in Schach von Wuthenow
3. Graf Petöfy and the Empty Vow
4. L’Adultera, Adulteration, and Avowal
5. Unwiederbringlich, or the Impotence of Being Earnest
6. Haunting Ambivalence: The Rhetorical Education of Effi Briest
7. All Talk: In Lieu of a Conclusion, StechlinBibliographyIndex