Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Thomas Mann’s Works ix
5. List of Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Thomas Mann’s Beginnings and Buddenbrooks 29
8. Art and Society in Thomas Mann’s Early Novellas 53
9. Love in Society: Thomas Mann’s Early Stories 73
10. “Death in Venice” 95
11. “Mein ‘Friedrich’ — das ist was Anderes”: Thomas Mann’s Unwritten Novel about Frederick the Great, King of Prussia 115
12. Magic and Reflections: Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain and His War Essays 129
13. Thomas Mann’s “Autobiographical” Stories 147
14. Joseph and His Brothers 159
15. Lotte in Weimar 181
16. Thomas Mann’s Late Politics 203
17. “German” Music and German Catastrophe: A Re-Reading of Doktor Faustus 221
18. The Gaze of Love, Longing, and Desire in Thomas Mann’s “The Transposed Heads” and “The Black Swan” 245
19. Felix Krull 257
20. Female Identities and Autobiographical Impulses in Thomas Mann’s Work 271
21. Betrayed or Not Betrayed: A Testament? 297
22. Thomas Mann’s Comedies 307
23. Notes on the Contributors 323
24. Select Bibliography 325
25. Index 335