The Holy Sinner

Mann, Thomas; Berman, Russell A.; Lowe-Porter, H.T.

ISBN 10: 0520076710 / ISBN 13: 9780520076716

Edité par University of California Press (edition First Edition), 1992

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

N° de réf. du vendeur 0520076710-7-1

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Holy Sinner
• Éditeur: University of California Press (edition First Edition)
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0520076710
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780520076716
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fair

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Synopsis

First published in 1951, The Holy Sinner explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life--the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he used the Biblical account of Joseph as the basis for Joseph and His Brothers--illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of original sin and transcendence of evil.

Présentation de l'éditeur

THE BOOK: An epic arch sinfulness, The Holy Sinner is one of Thomas Mann's great works. From the incestuous union of the two beautiful children of the Duke Grimald of Flanders a boy is borrn. Left to die at sea, the child is eventually rescued & brought up in holiness on the channel islands. Only after marrying his mother does the child come to realise the unwitting - and witting - extent of his crime against nature.