Contents

– Introduction –

ix

– HEINRICH VON KLEIST – On the Marionette Theatre

1

– CHARLES BAUDELAIRE –

The Philosophy of Toys

11

– SIGMUND FREUD –

from The Uncanny

22

– RAINER MARIA RILKE – Dolls: On the Wax Dolls of Lotte Pritzel

51

– FRANZ KAFKA – The Cares of a Family Man

63

– BRUNO SCHULZ – from Tailors’ Dummies

66