Thomas Mann: The Ironic German - Softcover

Heller, Erich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895269066 ISBN 13: 9780895269065

Publisher: Gateway Books, 1979

Synopsis

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 Kröher, 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Professor Heller sees Mann as the late heir of the central tradition of modern German literature and as one of the most ironic writers within that tradition. He offers a detailed study of the major works of fiction and a discussion of Mann's most significant political essay, 'Meditations of a Non-Political Man'.

About the Author:

Erich Heller, Avalon Professor of the Humanities emeritus at Northwestern University, is the author of many books, including "The Disinherited Mind" and "In the Age of Prose,"

About this edition

• Publisher: Gateway Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0895269066
• ISBN 13: 9780895269065
• Binding: Paperback