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9781571132482

A Companion to Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain

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  • ISBN13:

    9781571132482

  • ISBN10:

    1571132481

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-02-01
  • Publisher: Camden House
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Summary

Volume offering a guide to and reassessment of Thomas Mann's famous novel.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Transfiguration in Silence: Hans Castorp's Uncanny Awakeningp. 1
Mann's Ethical Stylep. 14
Thomas Mann's Comic Spiritp. 41
War as Mentor: Thomas Mann and Germannessp. 53
From Muted Chords to Maddening Cacophony: Music in The Magic Mountainp. 80
Ambiguous Solitude: Hans Castorp's Sturm und Drang nach Ostenp. 95
Mortal Illness on the Magic Mountainp. 109
Beyond Naphta: Thomas Mann's Jews and German-Jewish Writingp. 141
Technology as Desire: X-Ray Vision in The Magic Mountainp. 158
Distant Oil Rigs and Other Erectionsp. 177
Pilgrimagep. 221
Select Bibliographyp. 241
Notes on the Contributorsp. 243
Indexp. 245
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