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Autonom autobiografisch: Zu Thomas Manns Die Entstehung des Doktor Faustus.

In its peritext, Thomas Mann's Entstehung des Doktor Faustus is described as a "Roman eines Romans". The essay reasons that this description of its genre as well as structural aspects of its composition mark it as an autobiographical text. Instead of following most studies on the Doktor Faustus, whi...

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Published in:Arcadia -- International Journal for Literary Studies Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 83 - 100
Main Author: Hermann, Lukas
Format: Article
Published: De Gruyter Mar2020
Subjects:
Structural frames
Literature
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