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Thomas Mann's 1912 novella Death in Venice is one of the
most famous and widely read texts in all of modern literature,
raising such issues as beauty and decadence, eros and irony, and
aesthe...
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Thomas Mann's 1912 novella Death in Venice is one of the most
famous and widely read texts in all of modern literature, raising
such issues as beauty and decadence, eros and irony, and aesthetics
and morality. The amount and variety of criticism on the work is
enormous, and ranges from psychoanalytic criticism and readings
inspired by Mann's own homosexuality to inquiries into the place of
the novella in Mann's oeuvre, its structure and style, and its
symbolism and politics. Critics have also drawn connections between
the novella and works of Plato, Euripides, Goethe, Schopenhauer,
Platen, Wagner, Nietzsche, Gide, and Conrad. Ellis Shookman surveys
the reception of Death in Venice, analyzing several hundred books,
articles, and other reactions to the novella, proceeding in a
chronological manner that allows a historical perspective. Critics
cited include Heinrich Mann, Hermann Broch, D. H. Lawrence, Karl
Kraus, Kenneth Burke, Georg Lukacs, Wolfgang Koeppen, Mario Vargas
Llosa, and Thomas Mann himself. Particular attention is paid to
Luchino Visconti's film, Benjamin Britten's opera, and to other
more recent creative adaptations, both in Germany and throughout
the world.Ellis Shookman is associate professor of German at
Dartmouth College.