| A Companion to Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dowden, Stephen D. (Editor), Blumberg, David (Contribution by), Engelberg, Edward (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1571132481 ISBN-13: 9781571132482 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2002 Annotation: Thomas Mann was the first writer since Goethe to attract a large international audience to stories written in German, bringing Germanfiction into the mainstream of European literature. His second majorwork, The Magic Mountain (1924), explores the heady intellectualculture of the chaotic and broken Germany that emerged from the FirstWorld War, and, along with the earlier Buddenbrooks, earned hima Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. Mann himself considered TheMagic Mountain to be his greatest novel, and few in his own daydoubted the preeminence of this modernist classic; however, many haveargued that the age of literary modernism has passed. If this is so, how might we best understand Mann's masterpiece now? Topicscovered in this volume, which aims to provide both a survey of and newresearch into important aspects of the work, include Mann's comicvision, his homosexuality, his fraught attitude toward Jews, the placeof his novel in the landscape of postmodern life, the theme ofsolitude, music in the novel, and technology.STEPHEN D. DOWDEN is professor of German at Brandeis University. Contributors: DAVID BLUMBERG, MICHAEL BRENNER, STEPHEN DOWDEN, EDWARD ENGELBERG, ULKER GKBERK, EUGENE GOODHEART, JOSEPH P. LAWRENCE, KARLA SCHULTZ, SUSANSONTAG, KENNETH WEISINGER |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 833.912 |
| Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.08" W x 9.04" (0.90 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - German |
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| Publisher Description: Thomas Mann was the first writer since Goethe to attract a large international audience to stories written in German, bringing German fiction into the mainstream of European literature. His second major work, The Magic Mountain (1924), explores the heady intellectual culture of the chaotic and broken Germany that emerged from the First World War, and, along with the earlier Buddenbrooks, earned him a Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. Mann himself considered The Magic Mountain to be his greatest novel, and few in his own day doubted the preeminence of this modernist classic; however, many have argued that the age of literary modernism has passed. If this is so, how might we best understand Mann's masterpiece now? Topics covered in this volume, which aims to provide both a survey of and new research into important aspects of the work, include Mann's comic vision, his homosexuality, his fraught attitude toward Jews, the place of his novel in the landscape of postmodern life, the theme of solitude, music in the novel, and technology. Stephen D. Dowden is Professor of German at Brandeis University. Contributors: David Blumberg, Michael Brenner, Stephen Dowden, Edward Engelberg, Ulker Gökberk, Eugene Goodheart, Joseph P. Lawrence, Karla Schultz, Susan Sontag, Kenneth Weisinger. Stephen D. Dowden is Professor of German at Brandeis University. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dowden, Stephen D.: - Professor of Germanic Languages, Chair at Brandeis University, Boston |