Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
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Celebrated novella of a middle-aged German writer℗s tormented passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, and its tragic consequences. Powerful evocation of the mysterious forces of death and disintegration in the midst of existence, and the isolation of the artist in 20th-century life. This edition provides an excellent new translation and extensive commentary on many facets of the story.
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Fiction, Middle age, Homosexuality, Translations into English, Criticism and interpretation, Tod in Venedig (Mann, Thomas), Gustav von Aschenbach (Fictitious character), Middle-aged men, Male homosexuality, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fiction, short stories (single author), Venice (italy), fiction, Literary criticism, European, LGBTQ fiction before StonewallPeople
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Death in Venice: complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives
1998, Bedford Books
in English
0312210647 9780312210649
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"Gustav Aschenbach or von Aschenbach, as he had officially been known since his fiftieth birthday, set out alone from his resident in Munich' Prinzregentenstrasse on a spring afternoon in 19..-a year that for months had shown so ominous a countenance to our continent-with the intention of taking an extended walk."
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