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Thomas Mann and His Family Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Thomas Mann and His Family By Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Thomas Mann and His Family by Marcel Reich-Ranicki


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Summary

This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th century, concentrating on Mann and his family.

Thomas Mann and His Family Summary

Thomas Mann and His Family by Marcel Reich-Ranicki

This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th Century, concentrating on Mann and his family. The author is the winner of the Thomas Mann prize awarded by the Hanseatic City of Lubeck and the translater, Ralph Manheim, is the winner of the Pen Club Translation Award for 1988.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Thomas Mann (1875-1955): the literary magnate as business; the genius and his helpers; the unvarnished truth; a chronicle of suffering; the birth of criticism from the spirit of narrative; everything German is profoundly affected; Tonio Kroger, the short story of the century. Part 2 Heinrich Mann (1871-1950): a farewell not devoid of sadness. Part 3 Thomas and Heinrich Mann: king and anti-king. Part 4 Erika Mann (1905-1969): his loyal daughter. Part 5 Klaus Mann (1906-1949): Mephisto, the novel of a career; melancholia and make-up. Part 6 Golo Mann (1909-): the liberation of an unloved one. Part 7 Katia Mann, nee Pringsheim (1883-1980): the chosen one. Part 8 Reverberations: unloved; what do you think of Thomas Mann?.

Additional information

GOR004274843
9780002158374
000215837X
Thomas Mann and His Family by Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Used - Very Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Publishers
19890824
208
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