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William E McDonald, William E. McDonald

Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers - Writing, Performance, and the Politics of Loyalty

English · Hardback

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Description

A study of Mann's novel tetralogy of the 1930s that stresses its relationship to three key essays by Mann.

List of contents

Beginnings: "Jacob and His Sons"
"Kleist's Amphitryon and the Beginnings of the Joseph Novels
"Freud's Position in the History of Modern Thought": The Containment of Totem and Taboo
Revisionary Narcissism and Perfomance in Young Joseph
Narcissism, Performance, and the Face of the Father in Joseph In Egypt
"The Performance of my Life": The 1936 "Freud" Lecture and Joseph the Provider

About the author

William E. McDonald

Product details

Authors	William E McDonald, William E. McDonald
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.06.1999

EAN	9781571131546
ISBN	978-1-57113-154-6
No. of pages	290
Dimensions	174 mm x 224 mm x 26 mm
Weight	617 g
Series	Studies in German Literature L
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies Deutsch, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature - Classics / Criticism

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