20th CenturyImaginative Literature

Mann: Death in Venice

A famous, disciplined writer on holiday loses his self-command in a city under a hidden plague.

✎ Being written
Volume
59 of the 1990 set
Author
Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
Work
Death in Venice 1912

Ideas: Virtue and character Beauty and art Tragedy and suffering

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A note for parents: Its central theme is an older man's obsession; this rung is for adult readers, discussed without detail.

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