Thomas Mann : : Life as a Work of Art. A Biography /

Thomas Mann : : Life as a Work of Art. A Biography / / Hermann Kurzke.

This vivid, sometimes tragic, and often humorous literary biography brings to life as never before the extraordinary talent and complex person who was Thomas Mann. Engrossing vignettes enable us to enter Mann's life and work from unique angles. We meet the difficult, even unsavory private man:...

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VerfasserIn:
Kurzke, Hermann,
MitwirkendeR:
Willson, Leslie,
TeilnehmendeR:
Willson, Leslie.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2003
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (600 p.) :; 40 halftones.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator's Preface
  • I. Childhood and School Days
  • II. Early Love and First Writings
  • III. Before Fame
  • IV. Thomas and Heinrich
  • V. The Path to Marriage
  • VI. Ambitious Plans
  • VII. Jews
  • VIII. War
  • IX. Attempts at Orientation
  • X. Family, No Fun Either
  • XI. In the Magic Mountain
  • XII. Republican Politics
  • XIII. Homoeroticism of Midlife
  • XIV. Ostracized
  • XV. Joseph and His Brothers
  • XVI. Hate for Hitler
  • XVII. Doctor Faustus
  • XVIII. Pain and Glory
  • XIX. To the Last Breath
  • XX. Final Things
  • Figure Credits
  • Index of Names

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