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UNINA9910552763203321 |
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Autore |
Boes Tobias <1976-> |
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Titolo |
Thomas Mann's War : Literature, Politics, and the World Republic of Letters / / Tobias Boes |
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Cornell University Press, 2019 |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019 |
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©2019 |
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ISBN |
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1-5017-4501-8 |
1-5017-4500-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Public opinion |
World War, 1939-1945 - Literature and the war |
Politics and literature - Germany - History - 20th century |
Authors, Exiled - Political activity - United States |
Authors, German - 20th century - Political and social views |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2019. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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"-- |
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