Thomas Mann (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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In addition to his short fiction, Thomas Mann wrote novels, essays, and some poetry. When he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, his novel Buddenbrooks (1901; English translation, 1924) was cited specifically, though many of his later novels have received wide acclaim. Especially widely read and written about are the novel Der Zauberberg (1924; The Magic Mountain, 1927), a philosophical exploration of post- World War I dilemmas, and the four volumes of Joseph und seine Brüder (1933-1943; Joseph and His...

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