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The Cambridge Introduction to Thomas Mann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kontje, Todd.
- Series:
- Cambridge introductions to literature
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
- Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German .
- Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 .
- Local Subjects:
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German .
- Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 .
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A succinct introduction to the life and works of Thomas Mann, addressing both his literary texts and his personal life. Nobel Prize-winner Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is not only one of the leading German novelists of the twentieth century, but also one of the few to transcend national and language boundaries to achieve major stature in the English-speaking world. Famous from the time that he published his first novel in 1901, Mann became an iconic figure, seen as the living embodiment of German national culture. Leading scholar Todd Kontje provides a succinct introduction to Mann's life and work, discussing key moments in Mann's personal life and his career as a public intellectual, and giving readers a sense of why he is considered such an important - and controversial - writer. At the heart of the book is an informed appreciation of Mann's great literary achievements, including the novel The Magic Mountain and the haunting short story Death in Venice
- Contents:
- Cover; The Cambridge Introduction to Thomas Mann; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chronology; Chapter 1 Introduction; Keywords; Chapter 2 Origins, influences, and early mastery; Childhood and early influences; First novellas; Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family; Chapter 3 Artists and outcasts in Mann's early fiction; Tonio Kröger; Artists, ascetics, and outcasts; Marriage and the artist; Death in Venice; Chapter 4 From world war to the Weimar Republic; Mann's wartime journalism; The evolution of Mann's political thought; A return to literature; The Magic Mountain.
- Chapter 5 The struggle against National SocialismJoseph and his Brothers; Disorder and Early Sorrow and Mario and the Magician; Lotte in Weimar; Transposed Heads and The Tables of the Law; Chapter 6 A pact with the devil: Doctor Faustus; Chapter 7 Tribulations and final triumphs; Mann's last years; The Holy Sinner; The Black Swan; The Confessions of Felix Krull; Mann's subsequent reception and reputation; Notes; 1 Introduction; 2 Origins, influences, and early mastery; 3 Artists and outcasts in Mann's early fiction; 4 From world war to the Weimar Republic.
- 5 The struggle against National Socialism6 A pact with the devil: Doctor Faustus; 7 Tribulations and final triumphs; Suggested further reading; Novels; Selected stories; Essays, diaries, and letters; Memoires; Selected critical analyses; Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kontje, Todd Cambridge Introduction to Thomas Mann
- ISBN:
- 9781139778978
- 1139778978
- 1283715775
- 9781283715775
- OCLC:
- 818817520
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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