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Boes, Tobias, 1976- author.

Title Thomas Mann's war : literature, politics, and the world republic of letters / Tobias Boes.

Publication Info.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xvii, 354 pages)
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the German envoy to America -- The teacher of Germany -- The greatest living man of letters -- Interlude I: Joseph in Egypt -- The first citizen of the international republic of letters -- Interlude II: Lotte in Weimar -- Hitler's most intimate enemy -- Interlude III: the tables of the law -- A blooming flower -- Interlude IV: Joseph the provider -- The loyal American subject -- Interlude V: Doctor Faustus -- The isolated world citizen.
Summary	"During the period of his American exile in the 1930s and 1940s, the German author Thomas Mann became one of the most prominent anti-fascists in the United States, and in so doing forever transformed our understanding of what a modern writer is and should be doing"-- Provided by publisher.
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2019).
Subject	Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Political activity.
	Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Political activity.
	Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
	Authors, German -- 20th century -- Political and social views.
	Authors, Exiled -- Political activity -- United States.
	Politics and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.
	Écrivains allemands -- 20e siècle -- Pensée politique et sociale.
	Écrivains exilés -- Activité politique -- États-Unis.
	Politique et littérature -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
	Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Littérature et guerre.
	Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Opinion publique.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
	Authors, German -- Political and social views
	Political participation
	Politics and literature
	Public opinion
	War and literature
	Germany
	United States
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Biography
	Biographies
	History
	Biographies.
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Boes, Tobias, 1976- Thomas Mann's war. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501744990 (DLC) 2019019611
ISBN	9781501745003 (electronic book)
	1501745018 (electronic book)
	9781501745010 (electronic book)
	150174500X (electronic book)
	9781501744990
Standard No.	AU@ 000065777979
	AU@ 000066518704