Thomas Mann and His Family
Marcel Reich-Ranicki(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Published on 24. August 1989
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-00-215837-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th Century, concentrating on Mann and his family. The author is the winner of the Thomas Mann prize awarded by the Hanseatic City of Lubeck and the translater, Ralph Manheim, is the winner of the Pen Club Translation Award for 1988.
This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th Century, concentrating on Mann and his family. The author is the winner of the Thomas Mann prize awarded by the Hanseatic City of Lubeck and the translater, Ralph Manheim, is the winner of the Pen Club Translation Award for 1988.
This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th Century, concentrating on Mann and his family. The author is the winner of the Thomas Mann prize awarded by the Hanseatic City of Lubeck and the translater, Ralph Manheim, is the winner of the Pen Club Translation Award for 1988.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
1 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-215837-4 (9780002158374)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Thomas Mann (1875-1955): the literary magnate as business; the genius and his helpers; the unvarnished truth; a chronicle of suffering; the birth of criticism from the spirit of narrative; everything German is profoundly affected; "Tonio Kroger", the short story of the century. Part 2 Heinrich Mann (1871-1950): a farewell not devoid of sadness. Part 3 Thomas and Heinrich Mann: king and anti-king. Part 4 Erika Mann (1905-1969): his loyal daughter. Part 5 Klaus Mann (1906-1949): "Mephisto", the novel of a career; melancholia and make-up. Part 6 Golo Mann (1909-): the liberation of an unloved one. Part 7 Katia Mann, nee Pringsheim (1883-1980): the chosen one. Part 8 Reverberations: unloved; what do you think of Thomas Mann?.