The Cambridge companion to Thomas Mann / edited by Ritchie Robertson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robertson, Ritchie, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955--Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Mann, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Key dimensions of Thomas Mann's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. In addition to introductory chapters on all the main works of fiction, the essays and diaries, there are four chapters examining Mann's oeuvre in relation to major themes. These thematic explorations include his position as a realistic writer concerned with the history of his own times and as a commentator on German and American politics; his controversial reputation as an intellectual novelist; the literary techniques that enabled his challenging fictions to appeal to a wide audience; and the homosexual subtext running through his fiction and diaries. A final chapter looks at the pitfalls of translating Mann into English. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. Altogether the volume provides an invaluable resource for scholars and students.

Contents:

Mann and history / T.J. Reed

The intellectual world of Thomas Mann / Paul Bishop

Mann's literary techniques / Michael Minden

Mann's man's world : gender and sexuality / Andrew J. Webber

Mann's early novellas / Mark M. Anderson

Classicism and its pitfalls : Death in Venice / Ritchie Robertson

The political becomes personal : Disorder and early sorrow and Mario and the magician / Alan Bance

Buddenbrooks : between realism and aestheticism / Judith Ryan

The magic mountain / Michael Beddow

Religion and culture : Joseph and his brothers / Wolf-Daniel Hartwich

Doctor Faustus / Susan von Rohr Scaff

Lotte in Weimar / Yahya Elsaghe

The confessions of Felix Krull, confidence man / Frederick A. Lubich

Mann as essayist / Hinrich Siefken

Mann as diarist / T.J. Reed

Mann in English / Timothy Buck.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

ISBN:

1-139-81609-8

0-511-20219-9

0-511-99858-9

1-280-16274-0

9786610162741

0-511-11779-5

0-511-04056-3

0-511-32880-X

0-511-04836-X

OCLC:

437063472