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Death in Venice - Thomas Mann

Description: ISBN 0099458454 / Author: Thomas Mann / This long short story is about a respectable, older man, an author, who goes to Venice for a rest ... more

Death in Venice - Thomas Mann ... and relaxation. Almost immediately upon arrival, he catches the sight of a beauty and the deadly obsession begins.

Newest Review: ... and not only girls....They don't know that you have almost resolved to eat nothing but rice just to escape from ... more

... sexuality." It seems that at this point in time Mann was probably resisting Dionysian desires and instead using his urges to inspire great literature. Mann considered that the sexual urge was "the essence of the creative artist." Life could also be easier if one avoided sex? The heroes of Mann's novels were often men who felt an "impotent, sensual hatred" for the beautiful boys or girls who destroyed their peace of mind. 'Buddenbrooks', Mann's first magnum opus, was published when M...more

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Death in Venice - Thomas Mann: FLIRTING BOYS and peeing down the legs of morning suits. (4721 words)
by - written on 09/01/02 (Very useful, 882 readings)
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I like Death in Venice because it is lyrically beautiful; and because it raises age old questions about the difference between love and lust, about forbidden love, about what to do when we get a crush on someone, and about what is normal. It is not a book for narrow minded philistines, or is it? INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS NORMAL? Let us consider a variety of attitudes towards sex. In 16th Century England, 13 year-old Elisabeth Ramsbotham complained that her 11 year-old husband, John Bridge, had not yet deflowered her. In my humble opinion, eleven may be a bit too young to understand fully the deeper elements of love and marriage. ... Read the complete review

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