The Dedalus/Ariadne Book of Austrian Fantasy: The Meyrink Years 1890–1930

Introduction POSSESSED SOULS Arthur Schnitzler — Flowers Paul Leppin — Severin's Road into Darkness Gustav Meyrink — Night - Awake from The Golem Paul Busson — Folter's Gems Hugo von Hofmannsthal — Sergeant Anton Lerch DREAM AND NIGHTMARE Franz Werfel — The Playground: A Fantasy Friedrich von Gagern — A Fragment of a Distant Event Gustav Meyrink — The Nightwalk from The White Dominican Alfred Kubin — Under the Spell from The Other Side Karl Hans Strobl — The Wicked Nun Franz Theodor Csokor — The Kiss of the Stone Woman DEATH Rainer Maria Rilke — The Death of Detlev Christoph Brigge of Ulsgard from The Papers of Malte Laurids Brigge Arthur Schnitzler — The Prophecy Leo Perutz — Pour avoir bien servi Friedrich von Gagern — The Gypsy's Prophecy Franz Kafka — Gracchus the Huntsman Franz Kafka — Outside the Law Franz Theodor Csokor — Shadowtown Gustav Meyrink — The Destruction of Amsterdam from The Green Face THE MACABRE Gustav Meyrink — Dr. Cinderella's Plants (translated by Maurice Raraty) Gustav Meyrink — The Preparation (translated by Maurice Raraty) Karl Hans Strobl — The Head Franz Kafka — A Country Doctor Gustav Meyrink — Lucifer's Drum from Walpurgisnacht Gustav Meyrink — The Silver Show of Bartlett Greene from The Angel of the West Window SATIRE Franz Blei — The Kafka, The Meyrink, The Schnitzler from The Great Bestiary of Modern Literature Gustav Meyrink — Wetherglobin Gustav Meyrink — Blamol (translated by Maurice Raraty) Gustav Meyrink — The Ring of Saturn (translated by Maurice Raraty) Max Brod — The First Hour after Death Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando — Signor Scurri or Herr von Yb's Strange Voyage to the Seaside Austrian Chronology About the Authors