| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 354 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Political activity.
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. |
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Political participation. |
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Political activity. |
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Authors, German -- 20th century -- Political and social views.
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Authors, German. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Political and social views. |
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Authors, Exiled -- Political activity -- United States.
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United States. |
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Politics and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Authors, Exiled. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
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Politics and literature. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. |
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Authors, German -- Political and social views. |
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War and literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boes, Tobias, 1976- Thomas Mann's war. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501744990 (DLC) 2019019611 |
| ISBN |
9781501745003 (electronic book) |
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1501745018 (electronic book) |
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9781501745010 (electronic book) |
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150174500X (electronic book) |
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9781501744990 |
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