Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella written by the German author Thomas Mann published in 1912. The work presents a great writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful youth. Tadzio, the boy in the story, is the nickname for the Polish name Tadeusz and based on a boy Mann had seen during his visit to Venice in 1911.
Death in Venice
complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives
Ce livre fait peut-être partie de la série Case studies in contemporary criticism.
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295 pages
Langue : English
Publié 9 juillet 1998 par Bedford Books.