A Dialectics of Reason and Instinct: Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain

The whole Thomas Mann’s work is a reflection of the permanent tension between instinct and reason, the irruption of the repressed and life order. This is particularly manifested in his work The Magic Mountain.

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Main Author: Ciro Schmidt Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2010-01-01
Series:Universitas Humanística
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Online Access:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2294/1616
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title A Dialectics of Reason and Instinct: Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain
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title_fullStr A Dialectics of Reason and Instinct: Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain
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title_short A Dialectics of Reason and Instinct: Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain
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