{"product_id":"thomas-mann-and-shakespeare-something-rich-and-strange-paperback","title":"Thomas Mann and Shakespeare: Something Rich and Strange - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobias Döring\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEwan Fernie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together scholars from diverse disciplines and countries, \u003ci\u003eThomas Mann and Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study to explore the always fascinating, if sometimes disturbing, connections between Shakespeare and Mann. It establishes startling resonances between the central works of these two authors, pairing, for instance, \u003ci\u003eDer Zauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDer Tod in Venedig\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTonio Kr ger\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eDoktor Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e. Showing how the conjunction of Shakespeare and Mann affords new, alternative perspectives on fundamental issues such as modernity, irony, art, desire, authorship and religion, \u003ci\u003eThomas Mann and Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the increasingly walled-in specialism of literary topics and periodization and demonstrates the scope for new ways of reading in literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTobias Döring \u003c\/b\u003eis Chair of English Literature, LMU München, Germany, and past President of the German Shakespeare Society. His latest books are (ed. with Virginia Mason Vaughan) \u003ci\u003eCritical \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Cultural Transformations: Shakespeare's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Tempest - \u003ci\u003e1611 to the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePresent \u003c\/i\u003eand (ed. with Mark Stein) \u003ci\u003eEdward Said's Translocations: Essays \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein Secular Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEwan Fernie \u003c\/b\u003eis Chair, Professor and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemonic: Literature and Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, gives considerable attention to Shakespeare and Mann.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703506235699,"sku":"9781501336089","price":102.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YVlFajZPZjVxdjhMdG9aSUc5Zkg3UT09.webp?v=1763326765","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/thomas-mann-and-shakespeare-something-rich-and-strange-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}