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Anthony Heilbut

Auteur de Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature

5+ oeuvres 228 utilisateurs 4 critiques

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Anthony Heilbut is the author of Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature, Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 1930s to the Present, and The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times.

Comprend les noms: Tony Heilbut, Anthony Heilbut

Crédit image: Donald Hambric

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Date de naissance
1940-11-22
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Pays (pour la carte)
USA
Lieu de naissance
New York, New York, USA
Études
Harvard University (PhD)
Professions
writer
record producer
university teacher
Prix et distinctions
Grammy Award (1977)

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Became disinterested in finishing. Lost me at Thomas Mann-how did that connect to gospel music, queers and Aretha Franklin?
 
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MakebaT | Sep 3, 2022 |
One of the more interesting literary biographies that I have read, this work delves into the psychology of the author in an intimate way. The author ties together various moments from Mann's long career tracing how the writer's introversion and self-obsession underwrote his telling commentaries on German society, looping from considerations of definitive late novels like Doctor Faustus back into descriptions of Mann's youth. Heilbut notes that Mann's birth occurred roughly concurrently with Germany's political unification, the legal emancipation of German Jewry, and the popularization of the term "homosexual." Detailed critical readings of Mann's private and public works probe the author's psyche while demonstrating how Mann's literary consciousness served as a stage for the exploration of the license and limits of German, Jewish, and homosexual self-expression. Heilbut describes how the classic novella Death in Venice, for example, celebrates homoerotic longing while depicting a national idol dying amid debased tourism. This and other examples made this an interesting take on Thomas Mann's life.… (plus d'informations)
 
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jwhenderson | 1 autre critique | Apr 9, 2022 |
Biographies of major gospel groups organized as a chronological history of the genre.
 
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aulsmith | Feb 19, 2015 |
A revelatory, if rather potboilerish, biography of the author, focusing on his sexuality, loves, and their reflection in his works.
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tsinandali | 1 autre critique | Nov 13, 2005 |

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Œuvres
5
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1
Membres
228
Popularité
#98,697
Évaluation
½ 3.7
Critiques
4
ISBN
17
Langues
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