Understanding Thomas Mann (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781570035371
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Reference; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; German; European - German; 1875-1955; Criticism and interpretation; Mann, Thomas,
First sentence: Over the last two decades, a significant surge of interest in Thomas Mann's life and oeuvre has taken place, made apparent by a wave of numerous new studies and translations of his major works.
Description: "Understanding Thomas Mann offers a comprehensive guide to the novels, short stories, novellas, and nonfiction of one of the most renowned and prolific German writers. In addition to analyzing Mann's most famous works, including Buddenbrooks, Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, and Doctor Faustus. Hannelore Mundt introduces readers to lesser-known works, among them Joseph and His Brothers, Lotte in Weimar, and The Black Swan. In close readings, Mundt illustrates how Mann's masterly prose captures both his time and the complexities of human existence with a unique blend of humor, compassion, irony, and ambiguity."--Jacket.