Being and Meaning in Thomas Mann's Joseph Novels
The premise of this book is that the theme of being and meaning in Thomas Mann’s novel tetralogy Joseph und seine Brüder unites the novel’s stylistic and thematic structure. The author demonstrates persuasively how these leading ideas are worked out in detail, pervading plot-structure, symbolism, ch...
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| description | The premise of this book is that the theme of being and meaning in Thomas Mann’s novel tetralogy Joseph und seine Brüder unites the novel’s stylistic and thematic structure. The author demonstrates persuasively how these leading ideas are worked out in detail, pervading plot-structure, symbolism, characterization and narration. Through a subtle series of analyses - of the concepts of time and identity underlying the novel, its image-patterns, the changing psychology of its characters, above all Joseph’s process of individuation and the narrator’s changing behaviour - patterns of overlap and discrepancy between being and meaning are brought out in such a way as to unite many parts of the novel into an overall coherent structure of meaning. The analysis makes use of Jungian theory to explain the mythical dimension and the emergence of consciousness from it. Jungian concepts are applied deftly and offer real insights into the early psychology of myth and its late psychologizing by mythologists, as presented in the novels. There is much fresh thinking here to stimulate a fuller understanding and enjoyment of Mann’s representing of the biblical Joseph story. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1672082025-10-16T13:00:55Z Being and Meaning in Thomas Mann's Joseph Novels Nolte, Charlotte Joseph und seine Brüder myth mythology thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DF Central Europe::1DFG Germany thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 The premise of this book is that the theme of being and meaning in Thomas Mann’s novel tetralogy Joseph und seine Brüder unites the novel’s stylistic and thematic structure. The author demonstrates persuasively how these leading ideas are worked out in detail, pervading plot-structure, symbolism, characterization and narration. Through a subtle series of analyses - of the concepts of time and identity underlying the novel, its image-patterns, the changing psychology of its characters, above all Joseph’s process of individuation and the narrator’s changing behaviour - patterns of overlap and discrepancy between being and meaning are brought out in such a way as to unite many parts of the novel into an overall coherent structure of meaning. The analysis makes use of Jungian theory to explain the mythical dimension and the emergence of consciousness from it. Jungian concepts are applied deftly and offer real insights into the early psychology of myth and its late psychologizing by mythologists, as presented in the novels. There is much fresh thinking here to stimulate a fuller understanding and enjoyment of Mann’s representing of the biblical Joseph story. 2025-10-16T13:00:54Z 2025-10-16T13:00:54Z 2025-10-14T13:52:43Z 1996 book ONIX_20251014T154955_9781839546822_5 0957-0322 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106490 9781839546822 090128663x https://admin.directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/167208 eng MHRA Texts and Dissertations open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106490/1/9781839546822.pdf Modern Humanities Research Association Texts and Translations 10.59860/td.b7bbcca 10.59860/td.b7bbcca 263272ae-2045-451b-ac91-b0037a2fd63a 9781839546822 090128663x Texts and Translations 179 Cambridge open access |
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