{"product_id":"manns-magic-mountain-karolina-watroba-9780192871794","title":"Mann's Magic Mountain: World Literature and Closer Reading","description":"This is the first study of Thomas Mann's landmark German modernist novel \u003cem\u003eDer Zauberberg\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, 1924) that takes as its starting point the interest in Mann's book shown by non-academic readers. It is also a case study in a cluster of issues central to the interrelated fields of transnational German studies, global modernism studies, comparative literature, and reception theory: it addresses the global circulation of German modernism, popular afterlives of a canonical work, access to cultural participation, relationship between so-called 'high-brow' and 'low-brow' culture, and the limitations of traditional academic reading practices. The study intervenes in these discussions by developing a critical practice termed 'closer reading' and positioning it within the framework of world literature studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMann's Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e centres around nine comparative readings of five novels, three films, and one short story conceived as responses to \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e. These works provide access to distinct readings of Mann's text on three levels: they function as records of their authors' reading of Mann, provide insights into broader culturally and historically specific interpretations of the novel, and feature portrayals of fictional readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e. These nine case studies are contextualized, complemented, enhanced, and expanded through references to hundreds of other diverse sources that testify to a lively engagement with \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e outside of academic scholarship, including journalistic reviews, discussions on internet fora and blogs, personal essays and memoirs, Mann's fan mail and his replies to it, publishing advertisements, and marketing brochures from Davos, where the novel is set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolina Watroba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019287179X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192871794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Karolina Watroba","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069584175359,"sku":"9780192871794","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_deea9dff-b905-4d5f-b8f7-05afeb7462d4.jpg?v=1685425466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manns-magic-mountain-karolina-watroba-9780192871794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}