| Thomas Mann: The Ironic German Rev Edition Contributor(s): Mann, Thomas (Author), Heller, Erich (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521280222 ISBN-13: 9780521280228 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1981 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 833.912 |
| LCCN: 88137115 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, which was first published in 1958 and reissued in 1981, Professor Heller sees Mann as the late heir of the central tradition of modern German literature and also as one of the most ironic writers within that tradition. He offers a detailed study of the major works of fiction, Buddenbrooks, Tonio Kr her, Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, Joseph and His Brothers, Doctor Faustus and Felix Krull, as well as a discussion of Mann's most significant political essay, 'Meditations of a Non-Political Man'. Beyond this, Heller's book is a profound commentary on Mann by a mind attuned to (and mouded by) precisely the intellectual and cultural traditions which are so much part of Mann's creative make-up. |