Death in Venice (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Mann
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Symbolic realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Short fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Supernatural, Authors or writers, Obsession, Death or dying, Vacations, Italy or Italians, Mortality, Plague, Cholera
- Locales: Venice, Italy, Munich, Germany
Characters Discussed
Gustave von Aschenbach (GEW- stahf fon AH-shehn-bahch), a middle-aged German writer. Small, dark, his bushy gray hair, which is thinning on top, is brushed back on his overlarge head. His mouth is large, his cheeks lean and furrowed, and his prominent chin slightly cleft. He wears rimless gold glasses on his thick, aristocratically hooked nose, and his eyes are weary and sunken. A widower, he has one child, a married daughter. Precocious, Aschenbach early longed for fame, which he has achieved through several works acclaimed by the general public and the...
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