1st Edition
The Dangers of Interpretation Art and Artists in Henry James and Thomas Mann
By Ilona Treitel
Copyright 1996
330 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1996. This comparative study investigates thematic and technical similarities in the works of the two authors who shared a cultural heritage and achieved comparable status in their separate literary traditions. Drawing upon theories by Bloom, Bakhtin, and Lacan, the book examines ways in which Henry James and Thomas Mann treat the creative artist and analyze the creative and... Read more
Introduction, 1 The Making of an Artist by Himself and Others: Little Herr Friedemann,The Dilettante, Little Lizzy, 2 The Crisis of Representativeness The Tragic Muse, Royal Highness 3 The Artist as Impostor, The Aspem Papers, The Sacred Fount 4 Two Beasts in the Jungle The Beast in the Jungle, Death in Venice 5 Art, Disease and Decay Buddenbrooks, The Wings of the Dove 6 Damnation or Salvation? The Golden Bowl, Doctor Faustus
Biography
IIona Treitel
