CRITICISM

Angermeier, John S. “Marienbad and Goethe as a Source of Motifs for Mann's Der Tod in Venedig.” German Life and Letters 48, no. 1 (January 1995): 12-24.

Cites Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's experience in Marienbad as a probable source for many of the themes in Death in Venice.

Brink, André. “The Tiger's Revenge: Thomas Mann, Death in Venice.” In The Novel: Language and Narrative from Cervantes to Calvino, pp. 173-88. New York: New York University Press, 1998.

Analyzes the tension between the narrator and the character Aschenbach of Death in Venice.

Ritter, Naomi, ed. Death in Venice. Boston: Bedford Books, 1998, 295 p.

Collection of critical essays from various perspectives, as well as a translation of Death in Venice.

Additional coverage of Mann's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 104, 128; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series Vol. 133;Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 66; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; European Writers, Vol. 9; Gay & Lesbian Literature, Ed. 1; Literary Movements for Students, Vol. 1; Literature and Its Times Supplement, Ed. 1; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Novels for Students, Vol. 17; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to World Literature, Eds. 2, 3; Short Stories for Students, Vols. 4, 9; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 5; Twayne's World Authors; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 2, 8, 14, 21, 35, 44, 60; and World Literature Criticism.