Bibliograph

Thomas Mann's war, literature, politics, and the world republic of letters, Tobias Boes

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Thomas Mann's war, literature, politics, and the world republic of letters, Tobias Boes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Mann's war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tobias Boes

Sub title

literature, politics, and the world republic of letters

Summary

"During the period of his American exile in the 1930s and 1940s, the German author Thomas Mann became one of the most prominent anti-fascists in the United States, and in so doing forever transformed our understanding of what a modern writer is and should be doing"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the German envoy to America -- The teacher of Germany -- The greatest living man of letters -- Interlude I: Joseph in Egypt -- The first citizen of the international republic of letters -- Interlude II: Lotte in Weimar -- Hitler's most intimate enemy -- Interlude III: the tables of the law -- A blooming flower -- Interlude IV: Joseph the provider -- The loyal American subject -- Interlude V: Doctor Faustus -- The isolated world citizen

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