Death in Venice

by Mann, Thomas; Ritter, Naomi

• ISBN13: 9780312120023
• ISBN10: 0312120028
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-15
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

This critical edition of Thomas Mann's 1912 German modernist novella reprints the widely praised translation by David Luke together with critical essays that approach the work from 5 contemporary critical perspectives and highly praised editorial apparatus that introduces students to the novel and the perspectives.

Table of Contents

About the Series	v
About This Volume	vii
PART ONE Death in Venice: The Complete Text
Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts	3	(20)
The Complete Text	23	(68)
PART TWO Death in Venice: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism
A Critical History of Death in Venice	91	(19)
Psychoanalytic Criticism and Death in Venice	110	(32)
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?	110	(12)
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	122	(5)
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
The Eruption of the Other: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Death in Venice	127	(15)
Rodney Symington
Reader-Response Criticism and Death in Venice	142	(29)
What Is Reader-Response Criticism?	142	(12)
Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	154	(4)
A Reader-Response Perspective:
The Potential Deceptiveness of Reading in Death in Venice	158	(13)
Lilian R. Furst
Cultural Criticism and Death in Venice	171	(40)
What Is Cultural Criticism?	171	(14)
Cultural Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	185	(7)
A Cultural Perspective:
Why Is Tadzio Polish? Kultur and Cultural Multiplicity in Death in Venice	192	(19)
John Burt Foster Jr.
Gender Criticism and Death in Venice	211	(34)
What Is Gender Criticism?	211	(11)
Gender Criticism: A Selected Bibliography	222	(3)
A Perspective on Gender and Sexuality:
The Life and Work of Thomas Mann: A Gay Perspective	225	(20)
Robert Tobin
The New Historicism and Death in Venice	245	(36)
What Is The New Historicism?	245	(13)
The New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography	258	(5)
A New Historicist Perspective:
History and Community in Death in Venice	263	(18)
Russell A. Berman
Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms	281	(13)
About the Contributors	294