Echoes of Lou Andreas-Salomé in Thomas Mann's Tonio Kröger. Eine Ausschweifung and its Relationship to the Bildungsroman Tradition

The previously unnoted echoes that link Thomas Mann's "Tonio Kroger" to Lou Andreas-Salome's two 1898 stories "Fenitschka" and "Eine Ausschweifung" offer a perspective on how the two authors, with their fictional narratives about the development of problematic...

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Published in:The Germanic review 2000, Vol.75 (1), p.21-36
Main Author: Whitinger, Raleigh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belgian literature
Bildungsroman
French literature
Kristeva, Julia (1941- )
Literary criticism
Mann, Thomas (1875-1955)
Novels
Short stories
Writers
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Summary:The previously unnoted echoes that link Thomas Mann's "Tonio Kroger" to Lou Andreas-Salome's two 1898 stories "Fenitschka" and "Eine Ausschweifung" offer a perspective on how the two authors, with their fictional narratives about the development of problematic artist-types, contribute to their generations critical dialogue with prevailing literary conventions.
ISSN:0016-8890
1930-6962
DOI:10.1080/00168890009597406