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Death in Venice: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History and Essays From Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Name: Death in Venice: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History and Essays From Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Rating: 3.8402777777777777 (72 reviews)
Author: Thomas Mann
ISBN: 9780060576172

by Thomas Mann, Michael Henry Heim, Michael Cunningham

3.8

(72 ratings)

160 pages33 editions2005HarperCollinsISBN 9780060576172

Fiction

About this book

In Death in Venice, an elderly, famous, and wealthy writer named Aschenbach goes on vacation. He becomes fascinated with Tadzio, a young teenager who is staying with his family at Aschenbach's hotel. As his obsession grows, and despite warnings that a plague is threatening Venice, Aschenbach remains at the hotel hoping to make a connection with the elusive Tadzio. Mann's novel is celebrated for its subtle characterization, and its exploration of the struggles of the artist--the longing for transcendence and ideal beauty vs. the need to sacrifice for one's art.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2005
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9780060576172
Language: en
Editions: 33

About Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer. His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann, and three of his six children, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann, also became important German writers. When Hitler came to power in 1933, the anti-fascist Mann fled to Switzerland. When World War II broke out in 1939, he emigrated to the United States, from where he returned to Switzerland in 1952. Thomas Mann is one of the most known exponents of the so called Exilliteratur. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann