| Description |
1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Series |
Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs |
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Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Somehow Beside the Point? -- 2. World Literature and Closer Reading -- 3. Roadmap for the Journey Ahead -- 1. Economy -- 1. Introduction: Ordinary Young Man with a Crocodile-skin Handbag -- 2. No Communism Without The Magic Mountain -- 3. Intellectual Tourists -- 4. Magic Mountain Pilgrims -- 5. Conclusion: For the Many, Not the Few? -- 2. Emotions -- 1. Introduction: (Not) Covering His Face with His Hands -- 2. 'Is This the Promised End?' |
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3. 'Word-Searching Sickness' -- 4. 'I Know. I Know. You've Read The Magic Mountain' -- 5. Conclusion: Real-Life Castorps -- 3. Erudition -- 1. Introduction: Intellectual Table Tennis -- 2. Hans Castorp in Danzig -- 3. Hans Castorp in Japan -- 4. Hans Castorp in Old Age -- 5. Conclusion: Coming up for Air -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The first study of Thomas Mann's landmark German modernist novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain, 1924) that takes as its starting point the interest in Mann's book shown by non-academic readers, delving into the interrelated fields of transnational German studies, global modernism studies, comparative literature, and reception theory |
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192699855 |
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0192699857 |
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