The Role of Political and Sexual Identity in the Works of Klaus Mann (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820449067)

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The Role of Political and Sexual Identity in the Works of Klaus Mann

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The Role of Political and Sexual Identity in the Works of Klaus Mann

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Format: Hardcover
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This critical study attempts to determine the role of sexual and political identity in Klaus Mann's works. By examining such recurrent thematic patterns as the work of art as progeny, supernatural births, the image of the writer as soldier and monk, or obsession with death, among others, the study finds in Klaus Mann a characteristic sense of social self-identity. This is the first book-length treatment of Mann's fiction and non-fiction prose, drama, and diaries to show the interrelationship between his political development as an anti-fascist and his sexual identity as a gay writer. The theoretical approach to Mann's works contrasts earlier twentieth-century conceptions of personal identity, articulated by such writers as Erik Erikson, Karen Horney, and Erich Fromm, with more recent thinking on identity questions.

Author: Horst Daemmrich,James Robert Keller
ISBN-10: 0820449067
ISBN-13: 9780820449067
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2001
Pages: 201
Format: Hardcover

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 248
By Horst Daemmrich
By Horst Daemmrich
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The Author: James Robert Keller received his B.A. in political science and German, his M.A. in German literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his Ph.D. in German Literature from the City University of New York Graduate School. He has been awarded Fulbright and DAAD scholarships and has taught German literature at the University of Texas at Austin, the Freie Universität Berlin, and the senior colleges of CUNY. His translations and articles have appeared in Fiction and Harper's.

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