Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, which tells the story of an acclaimed author’s journey to Venice in an attempt to overcome his writer’s block. Once there, he is shaken out of his disciplined, morally upright existence by a strikingly beautiful boy, who captivates him to such an extent that he ignores the pestilence that is sweeping through the city and does everything in his power to remain close to the object of his affections. The novella is a fascinating meditation on obsession, the virtues of youth and the painful process of aging, and is widely considered to be one of Thomas Mann’s masterpieces. Mann is also known for his novels Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.
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German novelist and essayist
Born in Lübeck (German Empire) in 1875.
Died in Zürich in 1955.
Literary awards:
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1929
Goethe Prize, 1949
Notable honours:
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (elected in 1950)
Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Notable works:
Buddenbrooks (1901), novel
The Magic Mountain (1924), novel
Joseph and his Brothers (1933-1943), four-part novel
Doctor Faustus (1947), novel
Paul Thomas Mann was born on 6 June 1875 in Lübeck, a city in the newly created German Empire. His father was a wealthy German merchant and his mother was Brazilian with German, Portuguese and Indian ancestry. Although he was never a particularly brilliant student, he was always drawn to writing and devoured the works of German philosophers, which had a major impact on his later work. During his teenage years, Mann realised that he was attracted to other boys, and his struggles with his homosexuality are reflected in his work. At university, he took classes on literature, mythology, economics, art and history, and in 1895 he travelled to Italy for the first time with his older brother Heinrich. During his time there, he wrote his first novel, Buddenbrooks, which earned him recognition in the European literary world. Before long, he achieved worldwide fame and rose to become one of the most significant figures of 20th-century literature.
In 1905, Mann married Katia Pringsheim,