The loyal subject
By: Heinrich Mann ; edited by Helmut Peitsch.
Contributors: Peitsch, Helmut.
Series: The German library ;; v. 64
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Description: Published in 1918, Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann (1871-1950) - previously issued in the United States only in parts under the title "Man of Straw" - is a satirical novel that connects the tradition of nineteenth-century German literature with the larger problems faced on the eve of the Nazi era. This edition of The Loyal Subject is introduced and edited by Helmut Peitsch. The translation is adapted, with new portions translated by Daniel Theisen.