Thomas Mann's bold and disturbing novella, written in 1952, is the feminine counterpart of his masterpiece Death in Venice . Written from the point of view of a woman in what we might now call mid-life crisis, The Black Swan evinces Mann's mastery of psychological analysis and his compelling interest in the intersection of the physical and the spiritual in human behavior. It is startlingly relevant to current discussions of the politics of the body, male inscriptions of the feminine, and discourse about and of women. The ...
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Thomas Mann's bold and disturbing novella, written in 1952, is the feminine counterpart of his masterpiece Death in Venice . Written from the point of view of a woman in what we might now call mid-life crisis, The Black Swan evinces Mann's mastery of psychological analysis and his compelling interest in the intersection of the physical and the spiritual in human behavior. It is startlingly relevant to current discussions of the politics of the body, male inscriptions of the feminine, and discourse about and of women. The new introduction places this dramatic novella in the context of contemporary feminist and literary concerns, bringing it to the attention of a new generation of readers.
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Good. 1954. Hardcover. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW with minor nicks and tears. Light foxing to DW and page edges but remains a good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 128. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Ex-Library Hardcover Retired Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. No library markings except pocket on rear endpapers. Translated from the German by Willard R. Trask. Originally published in German in 1953. A bold and distrubing theme pervades this moving and ironic tale of a strange deception. Mann was a master of psychological analysis and had profound perceptions into the mysterious realm where the physical and spiritual meet. Thomas Mann, 1875-1955, was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, essayist. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. He emigrated to the US in 1939 and returned to Switzerland in 1952. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Appears clean and unmarked--jacket affixed to boards. Tight and solid sewn binding. Rough cut. Internals clean and unmarked. Front endpaper with bookplate. Jacket is well-covered with mylar cover; price-clipped. It is clean and intact. 141 pages plus a list of Mann's works.8 x 5.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1971.
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Very Good in Good dustjacket. Two check marks on the front endpaper. The dustjacket has roughness and losses at the edges. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 141 pages.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. No Dust Jacket First American Edition. Slightly dampstained. (Psychological Fiction, fiction, Literature)