'Bloss aus Lemberg geburtig': Detlev Spinell, the Austrian Jewish aesthete in Thomas Mann's Tristan.(Critical essay)(Character overview)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Building on the recent work of Yahya Elsaghe, this examination of Detlev Spinell, the central figure in Thomas Mann's Tristan, a central text in the literature of European decadence, discusses Spinell in the context of his clearly delineated presentation as an Austrian Jew. That Spinell is a 'redender Name', revealing much about his characterization, is discussed here for the first time. Examination of Tristan alongside Mann's 'Judengeschichte' Walsungenblut reveals the extent to which Mann incorporated aspects of the writings of the Viennese miniaturist Peter Altenberg into both ...

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