Tobias Boes

A Reader's Guide to Thomas Mann's 'Doctor Faustus'

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides the English-speaking reader with the tools needed to appreciate Thomas Mann's most ambitious novel, one of the greatest literary works of the twentieth century, now timely once again.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781640141803
• ISBN-10: 1640141804
• Artikelnr.: 73261201

Autorenporträt

TOBIAS BOES is Professor of German and Chair of the Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame, IN.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on References to Doctor Faustus
Part One: Getting Started 1. Why Read Doctor Faustus in the Twenty-First
Century? 2. Which Edition of Doctor Faustus Should I Buy? 3. What Should I
Pay Attention to as I Read the Novel? Part Two: Contexts 4. Composition and
Publication History 5. A Brief History of the Faust Theme 6. Doctor Faustus
and Literary Modernism 7. The Historical Setting of the Novel 8.
Anti-Semitism and the Problem of Other People's Suffering Part Three:
Interpretations 9. Five Masters from Germany: Leverkühn as Artist and
Intellectual 10. Music Theory and Political Allegory: Leverkühn as Fascist
11. Illness and Redemption: Leverkühn as Christ Part Four: Materials for
Consultation 12. Chapter Summaries and Page-By-Page Commentaries 13. Cast
of Characters 14. Timeline of Events in the Novel 15. List of Adrian
Leverkühn's Major Compositions 16. Suggestions for Further Reading and
Research Index