Thomas Mann and Friedrich Nietzsche Eroticism, Death, Music, and Laughter

This book traces in critical detail how Thomas Mann labors ambivalently on his own political artistry under the shadow of Friedrich Nietzsche's writings. Following the recurrent Nietzschean themes of eroticism, death, music, and laughter, this original study arrives at a revealing picture of how Mann takes up yet discontinues Nietzsche's poetic heritage.