... Mam: Kiinstler und Kampfer iiz bewegter Zeit. By WALTERA. BERENDSOIIN.Liibeck: Max Schmidt-Romhild, 1965. 259 pp. Thomas Mann: Fzktion, Mythos, Religion. By HERBERTLEHNERT. Stutt- gart: W. Kohlhammer, Sprache und Literatur, Band 27, 1965. 267 pp. DM 13.80, paper. Walter...

... amusing matter. Ambitious, pretentiou;, and erratically eloquent, it is nei- ther as wise nor as witty nor as satisfying as the poetry it sometimes illumi- nates, sometimes distorts. JOHN UNIXRECKEK University of Hawaii Thomus Mann...

...Peter J. Burgard Copyright © 1983 by Duke University Press 1983 FIORENZA MANN CONTRA NIETZSCHE By PETERJ. BURGARD With Fiorenza (1906) Thomas Mann overstepped the bounds of his accustomed creative idiom...

.... PAULDOUCLASS Mercer University, Atlanta Erzwungene Symbiose: Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Georg Kaiser, und Bertolt Brecht in Schweirer Exil. By ROLFKIESER. Berne: Paul Haupt, 1984. 267 pp. The study of German Exilliteratur produced during the Nazi regime has engendered a massive academic...

...Rolf N. Linn Copyright © 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 HEINRICH MANN AND THE GERMAN INFLATION By ROLFN. LINN After writing diligently for nearly a quarter of a century, Heinrich Mann achieved sudden fame around 1917, not because of his unsur...

...William H. Rey A TRAGIC VIEW OF THOMAS MANN By WILLIAMH. REY Erich Heller made himself widely known as a challenging critic and a brilliant writer when in 1952 he published a collection of his articles on classical and modern literature under...

.... CURTISC. D. VAIL University of Washington Rialife‘ sociale et ide‘ologie religieuse dans les romans de Thomas Mann. By PIERRE-PAULSAGAVE. Paris : Publications de la FacultC des Lettres de 1’Uni- versitC de Strasbourg, SociCtC d’Edition, Les Belles Lettres, fascicule 124, 1954. Pp...

... concerning the composition and the intentions of Fontane’s later novels (particularly Quitt, Der Stechlin, Efi Briest, and Poggenpuhls) and other writings. ERNSTROSE New York University Nietssche in the Early Work of Thomar Mann...

..., are liberally treated in the appended references, which would have been more convenient as actual footnotes. Here, as in the introduction. the translator evi- dences his interest in Mann’s version of the story. It might be questioned whether this translation, excellent though it is, should...

... Humanismus in kritischem Vergleich. Von HANSALBERT MAIER. Zurich : Speer Verlag, Zweite Auflage, 1947. S. 192. fr. 7.50. Hans Albert Maier ist ein feinsinniger Kenner literarischer Stromungen. Sein Versuch, zwei wesensverschiedene Dichter wie Stefan George und Thomas Mann unter...

...Roger A. Nicholls Copyright © 1960 by Duke University Press 1960 HEINRICH MANN AND NIETZSCHE By ROGERA. NICHOLLS The influence of Nietzsche on literature at the turn of the twentieth century takes many forms. Particular elements of Nietzsche’s...

.... This slim volume, a recent addition to the well planned and executed “Samm- lung Dalp,” provides faithfully, with intelligence, care, and circumspection, what it promises to offer in its subtitle: an introduction to Thomas Mann’s work. No attempt is being made to shed new light on Mann’s...

...Hans Albert Von Maier Copyright © 1948 by Duke University Press 1948 DIE STELLUNG DES “DOKTOR FAUSTUS” IM GESAMTWERKE THOMAS MANNS Yon HANSALBERT MAIER Grauen umgibt uns, Grauen und Hoffnungslosigkeit, wenn wir ~chfieberhafter...

...Oskar Seidlin Copyright © 1945 by Duke University Press 1947 LAURENCE STERNES TRISTRAM SHANDY AND THOMAS MANN’S JOSEPH THE PROVIDER By OSKARSEIDLIN At first glance, it may seem no more than a whim to bring into neighborly...

... moralism. Thomas Mann, “The Art of the Novel”’ To paraphrase Tonio Kroger’s favorite play, we do not now need a ghost come from hell to tell us that Thomas Mann was a very ironic German. In the three decades since his death, we have been shown well the dialectic...

...William V. Glebe Copyright © 1961 by Duke University Press 1961 THE “DISEASED” ARTIST ACHIEVES A NEW “HEALTH” THOMAS MANN’S LOTTE IN WEIMAR By WILLIAMV. GLEBE Thomas Mann’s now familiar concept of artistic genius as having a bond...

...Roman S. Struc Copyright © 1963 by Duke University Press 1963 THE THREAT OF CHAOS : STIFTER’S BERGKRISTALL AND THOMAS MANN’S “SCHNEE” By ROMANS. STRUC At first glance, a comparison of a work by Thomas Mann with a production...

... Struktur des Romans. By GUNILLABERGSTEN. Stockholm : Svensja Bokfor- laget, 1963. Pp. 308. So far as I know, this highly readable German translation of Miss Bergsten’s Swedish work is the first major book to come out of the Thomas Mann Archiv in Zurich since it moved to its attractive...

...Hermann J. Wiecand 374 Reviews The work as a whole is a commendable addition to our material on American regional dialects. HORACEG. RAHSKOPF University of Washington nomas Mann’s World. By JOSEPH GERARDBRENNAN. New York...

...Meno Spann GOETHISCHES IN MANNS JOSEPHZYKLUS By MENOSPANN Thomas Manns Gesamtwerk wiederholt “zu seiner Zeit” die Goethische Schaffenskurve. Der Weg geht von Werthers und Tonios Leiden iiber Wilhelm Meister und Castorp, die von der Geistessorge bedrangten...