Thomas Mann's Artist-Heroes

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction. My Quest for Thomas Mann: The Biographical Context 3 Chapter One. Buddenbrooks 13 Chapter Two. The Early Stories 33 “Little Lizzy” 33 “Tristan” 37 “Tonio Kröger” 43 “The Blood of the Walsungs” 47 Chapter Three. Death in Venice 53 Chapter Four. Illness as Enchantment: The Magic Mountain 65 Chapter Five. Schiller’s Don Carlos and The Magic Mountain 89 Chapter Six. Comedy in The Magic Mountain 101 Chapter Seven. The Late Stories 111 “Disorder and Early Sorrow” 111 “Mario and the Magician” 115 Chapter Eight. Art as Disease: Doctor Faustus 121 Chapter Nine. Dürer and Doctor Faustus 141 Chapter Ten. The Black Swan 161 Chapter Eleven. Confessions of Felix Krull 171 Chapter Twelve. Thomas Mann in America 183 Chapter Thirteen. Family Memoirs of Thomas Mann 201 Notes 217 Bibliography 233 Index 237 ...