Death in Venice: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism - Couverture souple

Mann, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312120028 ISBN 13 : 9780312120023

Editeur : Bedford/st Martins, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Mann Thomas Ritter Naomi David Luke

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Featuring his world-famous masterpiece, "Death in Venice," this new collection of Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's stories and novellas reveals his artistic evolution. In this new, widely acclaimed translation that restores the controversial passages that were cut out of the original English version, "Death in Venice" tells about a ruinous quest for love and beauty amid degenerating splendor. Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but lonely author, travels to the Queen of the Adriatic in search of an elusive spiritual fulfillment that turns into his erotic doom. Spellbound by a beautiful Polish boy, he finds himself fettered to this hypnotic city of sun-drenched sensuality and eerie physical decay.

Also included in this volume are eleven other stories by Mann: "Tonio Kroger," "Gladius Dei," "The Blood of the Walsungs," "The Will for Happiness," "Little Herr Friedmann," "Tobias Mindernickel," "Little Lizzy," "Tristan," "The Starvelings," "The Wunderkind," and "Harsh Hour." All of the stories collected here display Mann's inimitable use of irony, his subtle characterizations, and superb, complex plots.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) 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.

DEATH IN VENICE, this tale of forbidden love which has long intrigued the reading public, was his early masterpiece.

This is an exciting, new translation by Martin C. Doege.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bedford/st Martins
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312120028
• ISBN 13: 9780312120023
• Reliure: Broché
• Éditeur: Ritter Naomi
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• Personne responsable: non disponible