Thomas Mann's world : empire, race, and the Jewish question

Thomas Mann's world : empire, race, and the Jewish question /

Exactly how Thomas Mann's significance registers with the scholarly and general public has been subject to change. For many, Mann retains the aura of the 'good German,' the Nobel Laureate who was the most vocal leader of the exile community against Hitler and the Third Reich. His diar...

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Main Author: Kontje, Todd Curtis, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Mann, Thomas, > 1875-1955 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mann, Thomas, > 1875-1955 > Political and social views.
Mann, Thomas, > 1875-1955.
1900-1999
Jews in literature.
Race in literature.
Antisemitism in literature.
Literature and society > Germany > History > 20th century.
Political and social views.
Literature and society.
Criticism and interpretation.
Germany.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Buddenbrooks : province, nation, and empire
  • The married artist and the Jewish question
  • Reflections of a nonpolitical man : conservative anti-imperialism
  • Empires of air : the hermetic world of The magic mountain
  • Joseph and his brothers : fascism, orientalism, and ancient cosmopolitanism
  • Doctor Faustus : from Sonderweg to universal catastrophe
  • Confessions of Felix Krull : the final journey.

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