Contents
Preface
Introduction. My Quest for Thomas Mann: The Biographical Context
Chapter One. Buddenbrooks
“Little Lizzy”
“Tristan”
“Tonio Kröger”
“The Blood of the Walsungs”
Chapter Three. Death in Venice
Chapter Four. Illness as Enchantment: The Magic Mountain
Chapter Five. Schiller’s Don Carlos and The Magic Mountain
Chapter Six. Comedy in The Magic Mountain
“Disorder and Early Sorrow”
“Mario and the Magician”
Chapter Eight. Art as Disease: Doctor Faustus
Chapter Nine. Dürer and Doctor Faustus
Chapter Ten. The Black Swan
Chapter Eleven. Confessions of Felix Krull
Chapter Twelve. Thomas Mann in America
Chapter Thirteen. Family Memoirs of Thomas Mann
Notes
Bibliography
Index