Death in Venice and other stories / Thomas Mann ; translated by Nicola Luckhurst and Ritchie Robertson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ritchie Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, author.

Contributor:

Luckhurst, Nicola, translator.

Robertson, Ritchie, editor, translator.

Oxford University Press, publisher.

Series:

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955--Translations into English.

Mann, Thomas.

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Social isolation--Fiction.

Social isolation.

Genre:

short stories.

novellas.

Short stories

Translations

Short stories.

Novellas.

Physical Description:

xlii, 239 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Contains a generous selection of the short fiction Thomas Mann published in the years 1897 to 1912 ... The acknowledged classic among the early shorter fiction is the novella Death in Venice, in which Mann develops a lyrical style and a range of mythological allusions, through the forbidden love of a middle-aged man for a teenage boy, a theme with roots in Mann's own emotional experience. In many of his shorter works, Mann uses irony and humour to treat the conflict between sensitive, often artistic souls and the vital, often brutal forces of life. The stories, usually about isolated figures, convey a mixture of humour, sadness, and irony which invites ambivalent responses from readers"-- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Note on the Translations

Select Bibliography

Chronology

Death in Venice

Tristan

Tonio Kr̲ger

Little Herr F.

Tobias Mindernickel

The Road to the Cemetery

Gladius Dei

At the Prophet's

The Blood of the Volsungs

Explanatory Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Translated from the German.

ISBN:

9780198850076

0198850077

OCLC:

1518185858

Publisher Number:

CIPO000338627