ISBN: 9781492212133

Well-known for his superb translations of Czech and Russian literature, especially Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Michael Henry Heim is just as good working from Germa… More...

Well-known for his superb translations of Czech and Russian literature, especially Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Michael Henry Heim is just as good working from German; his translation is crisp and deft, and it skillfully conveys the detached yet terrible momentum of the story.—New York Sun Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom. In the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom, Mann wrote. But the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artist's dignity. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492212133

This critical edition of Mann's 1912 modernist novella reprints the widely praised translation by David Luke. Accompanying this text, five critical essays examine the work from five conte… More...

This critical edition of Mann's 1912 modernist novella reprints the widely praised translation by David Luke. Accompanying this text, five critical essays examine the work from five contemporary critical perspectives: Psychoanalytic Criticism, by Rodney Symington Reader-Response Criticism, by Lilian Furst Cultural Criticism, by John Burt Foster, jr. Gender Criticism, by Robert Tobin New History, by Russell Berman A succinct introduction to the history, principles, and practice of each critical approach precedes each essay. Readers may also benefit from extensive bibliographies following the essays and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. The editor's introduction to the book discusses biographical and historical contexts for both Mann and his text. Her survey of critical responses to it starts in 1912 and ends in 1998. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492212133

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], A great writer suffering writer's block who visits Venice and is liberated and uplifted, then increasingly obsessed, by the s… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], A great writer suffering writer's block who visits Venice and is liberated and uplifted, then increasingly obsessed, by the sight of a stunningly beautiful youth. Though he never speaks to the boy, much less touches him, the writer finds himself drawn deep into ruinous inward passion, Contemporary Fiction<

ISBN: 9781492212133

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