Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Little Tragedies in English: An Approach -- The Little Tragedies -- The Miserly Knight -- Mozart and Salieri -- The Stone Guest -- A Feast During the Plague -- Critical Essays -- The Seduction of Power: The Miserly Knight -- Betrayal of a Calling: Mozart and Salieri -- The Weight of the Past: The Stone Guest -- Survival and Memory: A Feast During the Plague -- Commentary -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index