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Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer.

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The Magic Mountain

Published on February 16, 2022

With The Magic Mountain , Thomas Mann external link rose to the front ranks of the great novelists. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. The novel’s setting is an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. It is a community that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War. Within the sanatorium, Hans encounters a diverse cast of characters, each representing different worldviews and ideologies. These include, mainly, the enigmatic...

Death in Venice

Published on April 3, 2012

Death in Venice is a novella written by Thomas Mann. Set in the early 20th century, it tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach. Aschenbach is a renowned and disciplined writer who travels to Venice in search of inspiration and a change of scenery. However, his visit becomes an introspective journey into his desires and the exploration of beauty, decay, and mortality. Aschenbach becomes captivated by the beauty of a young Polish boy named Tadzio, who embodies the ideal of...