Thomas Mann's War : Literature, Politics, and the World Republic of Letters /

Boes, Tobias, 1976-

Thomas Mann's War : Literature, Politics, and the World Republic of Letters / Tobias Boes. - 1 online resource (378 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the German envoy to America -- The teacher of Germany -- The greatest living man of letters -- Interlude I: Joseph in Egypt -- The first citizen of the international republic of letters -- Interlude II: Lotte in Weimar -- Hitler's most intimate enemy -- Interlude III: the tables of the law -- A blooming flower -- Interlude IV: Joseph the provider -- The loyal American subject -- Interlude V: Doctor Faustus -- The isolated world citizen.

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"During the period of his American exile in the 1930s and 1940s, the German author Thomas Mann became one of the most prominent anti-fascists in the United States, and in so doing forever transformed our understanding of what a modern writer is and should be doing"--

9781501745010




Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 --Political activity.


World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
Politics and literature--History--Germany--20th century.
Authors, Exiled--Political activity--United States.
Authors, German--Political and social views.--20th century


Electronic books.

PT2625.A44 / Z54256 2019

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