Disorder and Early Love: The Eroticism of Thomas Mann by Lederer, Wolfgang

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Paperback
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3 lbs
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Publisher
Cypress House
ISBN-10
1879384809
ISBN-13
9781879384804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102922986

Product Key Features

Topic
European / German
Book Title
Disorder and Early Love : the Eroticism of Thomas Mann
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
1376 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Literary Criticism
Author
Wolfgang Lederer
Format
Trade Paperback

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Trade
LCCN
2010-000029
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
833/.912
Synopsis
The Mann biographies published so far have largely sidestepped, belittled, or even distorted crucial aspects of his life and work. In particular, Mann's eroticism--a homoeroticism that distanced itself from fulfillment and posited romantic yearning as the driving force of all creative activity--formed the lifelong counterpoint to the reality of his status as a husband and father. Influenced by this eros, all of Mann's writings more or less openly expressed it. The topic influenced his thinking so much that, in a public speech following WW I, he suggested homoeroticism as an appropriate ideological basis for the new German democracy. In this comprehensive exploration of Thomas Mann's writings--including his journals and his correspondence with family, friends, and writers who influenced him--Dr. Lederer demonstrates that repressed homosexuality permeates all of Mann's work, and that while never having actually allowed himself a homosexual liaison, he yearned for it all his life.
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PT2625.A44Z73298

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