Jonathan Strauss is Assistant Professor of French at Miami University.

"This important book presents a remarkably thorough interpretation of Nerval's work that does critical justice both to the intricacies of individual texts and to the evolution of his thinking and writing. . . . It is also a significant intervention in the difficult field of philosophy and literature."—Thomas Trezise, Princeton University

• 1. History and romantic self-identity 2. Death-based subjectivity 3. Nerval in context: the authority of madness' 4. Playing with death: Les Faux Saulniers 5. The subject writes after its own death: le Christ au Oliviers 6. The lyric first person: El Desdichado 7. Aure;lia: the signs of others 8. Death and its alternatives Notes Index.

Jonathan Strauss is Assistant Professor of French at Miami University.

"This important book presents a remarkably thorough interpretation of Nerval's work that does critical justice both to the intricacies of individual texts and to the evolution of his thinking and writing. . . . It is also a significant intervention in the difficult field of philosophy and literature."—Thomas Trezise, Princeton University

• 1. History and romantic self-identity 2. Death-based subjectivity 3. Nerval in context: the authority of madness' 4. Playing with death: Les Faux Saulniers 5. The subject writes after its own death: le Christ au Oliviers 6. The lyric first person: El Desdichado 7. Aure;lia: the signs of others 8. Death and its alternatives Notes Index.

Jonathan Strauss is Assistant Professor of French at Miami University.

"This important book presents a remarkably thorough interpretation of Nerval's work that does critical justice both to the intricacies of individual texts and to the evolution of his thinking and writing. . . . It is also a significant intervention in the difficult field of philosophy and literature."—Thomas Trezise, Princeton University

• 1. History and romantic self-identity 2. Death-based subjectivity 3. Nerval in context: the authority of madness' 4. Playing with death: Les Faux Saulniers 5. The subject writes after its own death: le Christ au Oliviers 6. The lyric first person: El Desdichado 7. Aure;lia: the signs of others 8. Death and its alternatives Notes Index.