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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520076710
ISBN-139780520076716
eBay Product ID (ePID)548057
Product Key Features
Book TitleHoly Sinner
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEuropean / General, General, Literary
Publication Year1992
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorThomas Mann
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN91-023118
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal833/.912
Table Of ContentIntroduction Who Rings? Grimald and Baduhenna The Children The Bad Children The Sieur Eisengrein Dame Eisengrein The Exposure The Five Swords The Fishers of St. Dunstan The Money-breeding The Mourner The Knock-out The Discovery The Disputation Maitre Poitevin The Meeting The Duel The Hand-kissing Sibylla's Prayer The Wedding Jeschute The Parting The Stone The Penance The Revelation The Second Visit The Finding The Transformation The Very Great Pope Pattard The Audience
SynopsisFirst published in 1951, The Holy Sinner explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life-the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he used the Biblical account of Joseph as the basis for Joseph and His Brothers -illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of original sin and transcendence of evil., First published in 1951, The Holy Sinner explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life--the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he used the Biblical account of Joseph as the basis for Joseph and His Brothers--illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of original sin and transcendence of evil., First published in 1951, The Holy Sinner explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life--the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he used the Biblical account of Joseph as the basis for Joseph and His Brothers --illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of original sin and transcendence of evil.