ISBN: 9780899508900

This book gives new readings of Mann's novels that show how his obsessive subject--the artist-as-Thomas Mann--became a key to central developments of Western Culture: e.g., to the clash o… More...

This book gives new readings of Mann's novels that show how his obsessive subject--the artist-as-Thomas Mann--became a key to central developments of Western Culture: e.g., to the clash of principles that ended in World War I, to the psychic origins and permanent truth of the Jewish God-story, to the disturbing connection between the Nazis and the greatest of German artists, including Mann himself.The author shows how Mann's famous irony emerges not from nihilism but from a relish for human beings in their idea-defying complexity, and how this relish keeps his richly philosophic novels alive--and delightful--as fiction. Ironic Out of Love: The Novels of Thomas Mann Stock, Irvin, McFarland & Company<

1994, ISBN: 0899508901

[EAN: 9780899508900], Used, good, [PU: McFarland & Co Inc], Literary Criticism|European|German, Literary Criticism|General, Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have som… More...

[EAN: 9780899508900], Used, good, [PU: McFarland & Co Inc], Literary Criticism|European|German, Literary Criticism|General, Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.<

ISBN: 9780899508900

Good. Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Ex-library with the usual stamps. 100% guaranteed. 032618