Space and time on the magic mountain
Subtitle: studies in nineteenth-and early-twentieth-century European literature
By: Hugo G. Walter.
Series: Studies on themes and motifs in literature ;; v. 41
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Space and Time on the Magic Mountain explores the theme of the magic mountain in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European literature, especially in selected works of William Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, James Hilton, and Thomas Mann. The magic mountain, an aesthetically, intellectually, and spiritually unique environment, represents a threshold realm at the interface of life and death, time and eternity, where the protagonist experiences an epiphanic moment culminating in a profound and vital awareness of space and time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-161) and index.