| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Key dimensions of Thomas Mann's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Introductory chapters covering all the main works of fiction, the essays and diaries, are followed by four chapters examining Mann's oeuvre in relation to major themes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. fast (OCoLC)fst00029132 |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robertson, Ritchie
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| LC no. |
2001035306 |
| ISBN |
0511040563 (electronic bk.) |
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051104836X (electronic bk.) |
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0511117795 (electronic bk.) |
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1280162740 |
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9780511040566 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511048364 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511117794 (electronic bk.) |
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9781280162749 |
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