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Thomas Mann: The Ironic German
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Thomas Mann: The Ironic German
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Thomas Mann
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By (author) Erich Heller
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:316 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - general |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521280228
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| Classifications | Dewey:833.912 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 March 1981 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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 Kroeher, 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.
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