Aus dem Inhalt:
Ecstatic Dance as Dissolution of Self
Dance as wordless Authenticity
The Perception of Dance at the Fin-de-Siècle
Dance and Exotism at the Fin-de-Siècle
Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Hindu Literature
The Ocean in Hindu Literature and Fin-de-siècle Europe
Richard Strauss and the Ocean in Elektra
The Ocean as a complex cultural Unit: Strauss, Freud, Rolland