Thomas Mann, the devil's advocate / T. E. Apter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apter, T. E.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955--Criticism and interpretation.

Mann, Thomas.

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 165 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 1979, [©1978]

Contents:

Introduction

The romantic dilemma

The death enchantment

The fascination of disgust

Mann and Lawrence

Myth and resolution

Mann and Goethe

The nihilistic face of aestheticism

Daemonic redemption.

Notes:

"The jacket design incorporates a detail from a costume design drawing of Aliute Menczies for Samiel (the spirit of evil) in Götz Friedrich's 1977 production of Der Freischütz at Covent Garden."

"Printed in Great Britain."

"Bibliography of the principal works of Thomas Mann": pages 161-162.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1982".

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

ISBN:

0814705669

9780814705667

OCLC:

4892327