The Faust Legend: Popular Formula and Modern NovelAllen reevaluates the Historia von D. Johann Fausten as a work of formulaic fiction which inverts the structural pattern of the medieval saints' legends, subverting Catholic values in favor of Lutheran ones. This reevaluation makes possible a new reading of Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus. Mann adopted the Historia's basic structural pattern of hagiography-antihagiography and rewrote the Faustian pact as Nietzschean ressentiment period. Mann recognized that the Historia had a montage technique of its own and this substantially affected the development of his montage technique in Doktor Faustus. |
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Page 97
... Devil occurs at the very beginning . Already in the third chapter Faustus be- gins his negotiations with the Devil which culminates ( in Chapter 6 ) in a formal contract signed by Faustus in blood . Mann moves the traditional pact scene ...
... Devil occurs at the very beginning . Already in the third chapter Faustus be- gins his negotiations with the Devil which culminates ( in Chapter 6 ) in a formal contract signed by Faustus in blood . Mann moves the traditional pact scene ...
Page 98
... Devil , a scene Mann drew upon for his novel ( Ent , p . 59 ) , the Devil's words are a reflection of the protagonist's own thoughts . Placed as it is in the middle of the novel , the Teufels- gespräch divides the novel into two parts ...
... Devil , a scene Mann drew upon for his novel ( Ent , p . 59 ) , the Devil's words are a reflection of the protagonist's own thoughts . Placed as it is in the middle of the novel , the Teufels- gespräch divides the novel into two parts ...
Page 129
... Devil also resembles Nietzsche in several ways . If , as in our interpretation , the Devil is seen to symbolize a certain internal phenomenon within Adrian , then these resemblances to Nietzsche reflect upon Adrian as well . The Devil ...
... Devil also resembles Nietzsche in several ways . If , as in our interpretation , the Devil is seen to symbolize a certain internal phenomenon within Adrian , then these resemblances to Nietzsche reflect upon Adrian as well . The Devil ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Formula for a Holy Life | 15 |
The Shift from Catholic to Lutheran | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Adrian Leverkühn anecdotes artistic Assmann Beethoven Beiträge Bergsten biography buch Catholic Cawelti Chapter Christ Christian concept death deutschen Devil didactic edition envy Erich Erika Mann Faust formula Faust legend Faustbücher Faustian reversal Faustus's Faustus's adventures Fischer Verlag formulaic fiction Frank Baron Frankfurt am Main Friedrich Geist Gesta Romanorum Goethe Golden Legend Gott hagiography Heiligen Heinrich Helena historical holy ideal imitation of Faustus irony Johann Fausten Kretzschmar Kunst literary little mermaid Ludwig Börne Lukács Lutheran magic Manns Doktor Faustus Manns Roman Doktor Marie Max Niemeyer Mephostophiles mermaid miracles naive narrative voice narrator Nietzsche Nietzsche's novel pact Peter Petsch popular Princeton reader represents ressentiment robuste Naivität role Roman Doktor Faustus Rudi Rudi's saints salvation Schiller Simon Magus soul sources Spies Faustbuch story structure technique in Doktor Teufelsgespräch theology Thomas Manns Doktor Thomas Manns Roman tion Tradition Tübingen University Press values Volksbuch Voss Wolfenbüttel writes Wysling Zeitblom