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The good German.(Thomas Mann: Life as a Work of Art: A Biography)(Book Review)
Hermann Kurzke Thomas Mann: life as a work of art: a biography. Translated by Leslie Willson. Princeton University Press, 582 pages, $35
In Phaedrus, which inspired Death in Venice, Plato writes that when the lover "beholds a god-like face or a physical form which truly reflects ideal beauty, he first of all shivers and experiences something of the dread which the vision itself inspired; next he gazes upon it and worships it as if it were a god, and, if he were not afraid of being thought an utter madman, he would sacrifice to his beloved as to the image of a divinity." This passage, charged with powerful tensions, contrasts the vision of an ideal beauty, a ...
- Thomas Mann-Handbuch. (book reviews)
- Magazine article from: The Germanic Review Lubich, Frederick A. September 22, 1994 700+ words
...des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts hat Thomas Mann ein literarisches Universum geschaffen...Erscheinungen dieses Jahrzehnts fuhrender Thomas-Mann-Experten an, die es im folgenden...gilt. Helmut Koopmann (Hrsg.) Thomas Mann-Hand-buch, Stuttgart: Kroner...
- Seelenzauber: Thomas Mann und die Musik.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Gorner, Rudiger January 1, 2008 700+ words
Seelenzauber: Thomas Mann und die Musik. By HANS RUDOLF VAGET...for their compositions in prose than Thomas Mann. But what does 'inspiration' in...preoccupations Vaget used the confession Thomas Mann had to make about his relationship...
- Thomas Mann und das Judentum: Die Vortrage des Berliner Kolloquiums der...
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Rieckmann, Jens October 1, 2005 700+ words
Thomas Mann and das Judentum: Die Vortrage des Berliner Kolloquiums der deutschen Thomas-Mann-Gesellschaft. Ed. by MANFRED DIERKS and RUPRECHT WIMMER. (Thomas-Mann-Studien, 30) Frankfurt a.M...
- A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Martin, Nicholas April 1, 2007 700+ words
A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann. Ed. by HERBERT LEHNERT and EVA...beyond. A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann seeks to 'address scholars, teachers...the present state of research on Thomas Mann's work and to present new views...
- Thomas Mann und das Judentum.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Shofar Bridges, George June 22, 2006 700+ words
Thomas Mann und das Judentum, edited by Manfred Dierks and Ruprecht...00. This book, the 30th volume to appear in the series Thomas-Mann-Studien, published by the Thomas-Mann-Archiv in Zurich, is a collection of papers presented...
- Conservative at the crossroads: 'ironic' vs. 'revolutionary' conservatism in...
- Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies Kroll, Joe Paul September 1, 2004 700+ words
...addresses the question of whether Thomas Mann and his major political work...Revolution'. It describes how Thomas Mann, during the Great War and the...Conservative Revolution, irony, Thomas Mann Introduction Conservatism has been...
- Inge Jens, Walter Jens. Frau Thomas Mann: Das Leben der Katharina Pringsheim &...
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Grawe, Christian July 1, 2003 700+ words
Inge Jens, Walter Jens. Frau Thomas Mann: Das Leben der Katharina Pringsheim...the German television series on Thomas Mann and his family would trigger some...surprisingly, the interest turned to Thomas Mann's wife because, on the writer...
- Montblanc launches limited writers edition 2009 "Thomas Mann".
- News wire article from: Albawaba.com August 12, 2009 700+ words
...novelist of the 20th century, Thomas Mann. Since 1992, Montblanc has launched...limited writers edition 2009 "Thomas Mann" This year the Montblanc Limited...novelist of the 20th century, Thomas Mann. Since 1992, Montblanc has launched...
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