Mann: Doctor Faustus

by Michael Beddow

Book Overview

In Doctor Faustus, his last major novel, Thomas Mann attempted to interpret and judge Germany's role in European culture and history since the Reformation. Through the figures of the solitary avant-garde composer, Adrian Leverk?hn, and his often bemused biographer Serenus Zeitblom, Mann explores Germany's self-understanding and self-assertion. The novel intermingles fiction and history in a narrative that combines complex psychological analysis, virtuoso...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521375924
• ISBN13: 9780521375924
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12