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Studies the political and artistic rivalry and emotional closeness of Thomas and Heinrich Mann, analyzing the cultural, social, and familial milieu in which the brothers developed and worked

Fortunately for us, brothers Heinrich and Thomas Mann remained devoted and eloquent correspondents even while disagreeing passionately on matters literary, political, philosophical, and personal. In their correspondence, set against a shifting backdrop of locations in Europe and America, mundane concerns blend easily with astonishing artistic and critical insights. That these irrepressible siblings were among the giants of twentieth-century letters gives their exchanges unique literary and historical fascination.Beginning in Germany and Italy at the turn of the century, the letters document with disarming immediacy the brothers' views on aesthetics, politics, and the social responsibility of the writer, as well as their mutual jealousy, admiration, rivalry, and loyalty. The devastating rift caused by Thomas's support of Germany during World War I and his brother's utter opposition to the war took many years to mend, but they found their way back to friendship in the 1920s. After Hitler rose to power, both writers ultimately sought refuge in the United States. The letters offer a moving portrayal of their struggle, as novelists and socially engaged intellectuals, to bear witness to the cataclysmic historical changes around them and to their experience of exile, in Europe and then in America. This first complete English translation of their correspondence is a dramatic human dialogue and a major literary event.

This work by German novelist, Heinrich Mann, is part of the Bristol Classical Press German Texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and undergraduate market for texts in the German language. Each text comes with English notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the work and of its literary and cultural context.

The lives of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1871-1950 and 1875-1955

Heinrich and Regina Stief left their homeland in 1749 and settled in Pennsylvania. From there, they and a small band of fellow settlers migrated to the rough terrain around New Brunswick's Peticodiac River. Faced with starvation, frigid winters, and abandonment by their sponsors-among them Benjamin Franklin-the settlers defied the odds by not only surviving but prospering. Steeves descendants now number upwards of 150,000 worldwide. Heinrich's tale has been told so many times that its parts have become legend. From the stories his earliest descendants told around the fire to the ones family historians have written and published since then, the facts surrounding Heinrich Stief, his roots, and his exploits have become confused, murky,and half remembered. Certain pieces of the puzzles has always eluded genealogists. Recently, a Stief family descendant with a knack for research and more than his share of luck has uncovered a piece of history that is as significant as it was elusive. Here, then, is Heinrich Stief's story, told as never before.

Why should ravens--which are usually solitary birds--share valuable food in the dead of winter? How clever are these birds? Do they have a language? These are some of the riddles that noted sociobiologist Bernd Heinrich, author of Bumblebee Economics and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, explores in this intriguing book. 16 pages of drawings.

From award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich, an intimate, accessible and eloquent illumination of animal survival in Winter.From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter their environment to accommodate our physical limitations, animals are adaptable to an amazing range of conditions--i.e., radical changes in a creature's physiology take place to match the demands of the environment. Winter provides an especially remarkable situation, because of how drastically it affects the most elemental component of all life: water. Examining everything from food sources in the extremely barren winter landscape to the chemical composition that allows certain creatures to survive, Heinrich's Winter World awakens the largely undiscovered mysteries by which nature sustains herself through the harsh, cruel exigencies of winters

This concise yet thorough critical biography throws new light on the work of German novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and social critic Thomas Mann. It also offers a fresh look at the value of his short stories. Looking closely at how Mann’s brother Heinrich as well as the work of philosophers (notably Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Goethe) influenced Mann’s writing, Herbert Lehnert and Eva Wessell reveal how Mann’s fictional worlds criticized the prevailing bourgeois order, and how his first novel, Buddenbrooks, signaled the need for change. Lehnert and Wessell also explore the lasting significance of such groundbreaking works as The Magic Mountain,Death in Venice, and Doctor Faustus, a novel that, in view of fascism, asks whether the bourgeois culture of the individual has not become diseased. Thomas Mann also investigates Mann’s political views, from his anti-Nazi speeches to his anti-McCarthyist activities. The book offers an engaging, fresh account of an essential German writer, one which illustrates how the context of Mann’s life shaped his achievements.

Neuware - Heinrich Manns Briefwechsel mit Félix Bertaux ist ein außergewöhnliches Zeugnis der politischen, intellektuellen und literarischen Geschichte Europas im 20. Jahrhundert, er ist »das einzigartige Dokument einer deutsch-französischen Freundschaft in schwierigen Zeiten.« (Wilfried F. Schoeller, Süddeutsche Zeitung). Seit dem ersten Weltkrieg versuchte Heinrich Mann Deutschland nach dem Beispiel Frankreichs zu höherer geistiger und damit sozialer Sittlichkeit zu drängen. Der Germanist Félix Bertaux war seit 1923 der einzige Freund, der dieses ideale Frankreich für ihn verkörperte. Von ihm fühlte er sich zudem als Schriftsteller verstanden, und ihm öffnete er sich bis in seine Selbstzweifel und seine privaten Bedrängnisse. Zur Sprache kommen in ihrem Briefwechsel das Bemühen um die deutsch-französische Verständigung in den zwanziger Jahren und der anschließende Versuch, den Widerstand gegen den Faschismus in Deutschland und gegen den drohenden Krieg so einheitlich, so militant und so humanitätsfördernd wie möglich zu gestalten. Beides waren aber schließlich Erfahrungen des Scheiterns. Zu lesen ist auch vom Entstehen der Bücher Heinrich Manns - vor allem über die beiden Exil-Romane über den König »Henri Quatre«. Es wird deutlich, welche Faktoren das alltägliche Leben eines deutschen Schriftstellers bestimmten, der ins Exil getrieben schließlich immer mehr vereinsamte. »Die Bedeutung dieses Briefwechsels für unsere Kenntnis Heinrich Manns ist kaum zu überschätzen. An Aufschlußkraft für Heinrich Manns Leben und Schreiben steht sie demjenigen mit seinem Bruder Thomas nicht nach.« (Heinrich Detering)

Heinrich Mann's most acclaimed work is a spectacular epic that recounts the wars, political machinations, rival religious sects, and backstage plots that marked the birth of the French Republic.