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Klaus Mann's Mephisto: A Secret Rivalry, Peter T. Hoffer
Klaus Mann's Mephisto: A Secret Rivalry, Peter T. Hoffer
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Critics of the 1960s and 1970s have focused their attention on Klaus Mann's use of his former brother-in-law, Gustaf Gründgens, as the model for the hero of his controversial novel, Mephisto, while more recent critics have emphasized its significance as a work of anti-Fascist literature.
This essay seeks to resolve some of the apparent contradictions in Klaus Mann's motivation for writing Mephisto by viewing the novel primarily in the context of his life and career. Although Mephisto is the only political satire that Klaus Mann wrote, it is consistent with his life-long tendency to use autobiographical material as the …
The Literature Of Three Delectable Kentucky Vices Part Ii: Spirits And Tobacco, William S. Ward
The Literature Of Three Delectable Kentucky Vices Part Ii: Spirits And Tobacco, William S. Ward
The Kentucky Review
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The Literature Of Three Delectable Kentucky Vices Part I: Racing, William S. Ward
The Literature Of Three Delectable Kentucky Vices Part I: Racing, William S. Ward
The Kentucky Review
No abstract provided.
Parnassus 1989
Parnassus
The 1989 edition of the student literary journal, Parnassus, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.