Kleist viewed anew as a major contributor to the tradition of post-Kantian thought.

Introduction: Kleist and the Problem of Self-Consciousness
Kleist's "Kant Crisis" and Its Consequences
"Betwixt a false reason and none at all": Kleist and Skepticism
On the Excluded Middle in Penthesilea
Heinrich von Kleist's Concept of Law, with Special Reference to "Michael Kohlhaas"
"Über das Marionettentheater"
The Narrative Paradigm: Text as Contract
"Die Marquise von O. . .": The Marriage Contract
"Michael Kohlhaas": Death and the Contract
"Der Donnerkeil des Mirabeau": Kleist's Essay "Über dieallmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden"
Kleist's Fiction from a Game-Theoretical Perspective: "Die Verlobung in St. Domingo" as an Example
The Process of Inferential Contexts: Franz Kafka Reading Heinrich von Kleist
Works Cited
Index