Forces of Ambiguity: Life, Death, Disease and Eros in Thomas Mann's «Der Zauberberg»

ISBN-13: 9781787072374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 308 str.

Jessica MacAuley

Opis

In the wake of World War I, Thomas Mann wrote the novel Der Zauberberg (1913-1924), which illustrates a change in the author's conceptions of life, death, disease and Eros. Using intertextual theory, this book reveals the relation between the thought of Novalis, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud and the culture depicted in the novel.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Design and intention - Sympathie mit dem Tode: The dominion of death over life - Ambiguous affiliations: The stimulus of life and disease - The seeds of war: Disease, decadence and destruction - Erotic stimulus, gender and homosexuality - Decadence and the erotic: The powers of immorality.

O autorze

Jessica Macauley began studying German at Canterbury University, New Zealand, while completing a Bachelor of Music in Performance Piano. She continued her German studies at Victoria University, New Zealand, where she was awarded her doctorate in German Literature in 2015. Jessica Macauley has published papers in The European Connection and in Ad Maiora, and she currently lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand.