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Changing Perceptions of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus

By Fetzer, John F.

Changing Perceptions of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus

By Fetzer, John F.

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Ever since its appearance in 1947, Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus has generated heated reactions among critics. Whereas initial ideological differences stemming from the Cold War and the division of Germany have abated following the reunification of 1990, diverse opinions and controversies persist about Mann's daring treatment of the Faust theme. These include such topics as the political stance of the author and the historical dimensions of the novel; the biographical and autobiographical backgrounds of the work - especially in the light of the subsequent publication of Mann's diaries and private notebooks; the writer's sexual and psychological proclivities; the thorny issues of montage, collage, and intertextuality; musical concerns such as the extent to which the novel's protagonist appropriates as his own Arnold Schönberg's twelve-tone system of composition or the role of Mann's fellow exile and mentor, Theodor W. Adorno, in indoctrinating his "pupil" into avant-garde musical techniques; the degree to which the novel exhibits structural features of the music on which the narrative focuses; and the function of certain mythic prototypes for this modern parody in fashioning the fortunes and fate of Adrian Leverkühn. A provocative and still unresolved question centers on the precise role played by Goethe's Faust
Product details
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
1996-02-01
Publication Date:
1996-04-04
Publisher:
Camden House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1571130705
ISBN13:
9781571130709
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
505 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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