Deaths in Venice : the Cases of Gustav von Aschenbach /

Deaths in Venice : the Cases of Gustav von Aschenbach /

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Author / Creator:	Kitcher, Philip.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (281 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures.
Subject:	Mann, Thomas, -- 1875-1955. -- Tod in Venedig. Tod in Venedig (Mann, Thomas) Philosophy in literature. Philosophy in literature. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210139

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ISBN:	9780231536035 0231536038 9780231162647 0231162642
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Lucchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical perspective, Philip Kitcher connects the predicament of the novella's central character to Western thought's most compelling questions. In Mann's story, the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach's own death. Mann works through central concer. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: 9780231162647
Standard no.:	10.7312/kitc16264

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Translations; 1. Discipline; 2. Beauty; 3. Shadows; Notes; Index.