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Format: 1 online resource(280 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780231536035

Series Statement: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

Content: Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Luchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical perspective, Philip Kitcher connects the predicament of the novella's central character to Western thought's most compelling questions. In Mann's story, the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach's own death. Mann works through central concerns about how to live, explored with equal intensity by his German predecessors, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Kitcher considers how Mann's, Britten's, and Visconti's treatments illuminate the tension between social and ethical values and an artist's sensitivity to beauty. Each work asks whether a life devoted to self-sacrifice in the pursuit of lasting achievements can be sustained and whether the breakdown of discipline undercuts its worth. Haunted by the prospect of his death, Aschenbach also helps us reflect on whether it is possible to achieve anything in full awareness of our finitude and in knowing our successes are always incomplete.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Notes -- , Index -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Notes -- , Index. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/kitc16264

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/kitc16264

URL: Columbia scholarship online

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Format: XX, 254 S. , Notenbeisp

ISBN: 9780231162647

Series Statement: Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Discipline -- Beauty -- Shadows.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231536035

Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 Der Tod in Venedig ; Philosophie ; Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 ; Mann, Thomas 1875-1955 Der Tod in Venedig

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Kitcher, Philip 1947-

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Format: 1 online resource(280 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Edition: System requirements: Web browser.

Edition: Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

ISBN: 9780231536035

Series Statement: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

Content: Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Luchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical perspective, Philip Kitcher connects the predicament of the novella's central character to Western thought's most compelling questions. In Mann's story, the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach's own death. Mann works through central concerns about how to live, explored with equal intensity by his German predecessors, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Kitcher considers how Mann's, Britten's, and Visconti's treatments illuminate the tension between social and ethical values and an artist's sensitivity to beauty. Each work asks whether a life devoted to self-sacrifice in the pursuit of lasting achievements can be sustained and whether the breakdown of discipline undercuts its worth. Haunted by the prospect of his death, Aschenbach also helps us reflect on whether it is possible to achieve anything in full awareness of our finitude and in knowing our successes are always incomplete.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Notes -- , Index -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Notes -- , Index. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/kitc16264

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/kitc16264

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Format: 1 online resource (281 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53603-8

Series Statement: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

Content: Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Luchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical perspective, Philip Kitcher connects the predicament of the novella's central character to Western thought's most compelling questions. In Mann's story, the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach's own death. Mann works through central concerns about how to live, explored with equal intensity by his German predecessors, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Kitcher considers how Mann's, Britten's, and Visconti's treatments illuminate the tension between social and ethical values and an artist's sensitivity to beauty. Each work asks whether a life devoted to self-sacrifice in the pursuit of lasting achievements can be sustained and whether the breakdown of discipline undercuts its worth. Haunted by the prospect of his death, Aschenbach also helps us reflect on whether it is possible to achieve anything in full awareness of our finitude and in knowing our successes are always incomplete.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Notes -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16264-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/kitc16264

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (281 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53603-8

Series Statement: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

Content: Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Luchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical perspective, Philip Kitcher connects the predicament of the novella's central character to Western thought's most compelling questions. In Mann's story, the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach's own death. Mann works through central concerns about how to live, explored with equal intensity by his German predecessors, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Kitcher considers how Mann's, Britten's, and Visconti's treatments illuminate the tension between social and ethical values and an artist's sensitivity to beauty. Each work asks whether a life devoted to self-sacrifice in the pursuit of lasting achievements can be sustained and whether the breakdown of discipline undercuts its worth. Haunted by the prospect of his death, Aschenbach also helps us reflect on whether it is possible to achieve anything in full awareness of our finitude and in knowing our successes are always incomplete.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , List of Abbreviations -- , A Note on Translations -- , One. Discipline -- , Two. Beauty -- , Three. Shadows -- , Notes -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16264-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/kitc16264