Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
Author of Man of Straw
About the Author
Heinrich Mann wrote about artists and poets and voluptuaries, for whom art is a "perverse debauch." His novels set in Germany are usually grotesque caricatures with political implications; those set in Italy tend to be feverish riots of experience in an amoral world. His "Professor Unrat" (1905) show more was made into the famous film "The Blue Angel." "The Little Town" (1909) is perhaps his most benign novel. Heinrich Mann, like his brother Thomas Mann, fled Nazi Germany and came to the United States. His literary reputation is strongest in Europe. In the United States, his reputation is clouded partly by the rancor of his brilliant, hectic prose and partly by his admiration of the former Soviet Union. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Heinrich Mann
The Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism, No 12) (1993) — Author — 26 copies
Der Untertan. Im Schlaraffenland — Author — 4 copies
Haltlos. Sämtliche Erzählungen [Band] I [= Heinrich Mann, Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden. Herausgegeben von… (1995) 3 copies
Kobes 3 copies
Heinrich Mann 7 Bände, Eugénie, Die Jugend des Königs Henri IV, Die Vollendung des Königs Henri IV, Empfang bei der… (1976) 3 copies
Novellen I 3 copies
Das Herz Novellen 2 copies
Ausgewählte Erzählungen,Heinrich Mann. Vorw. von Hugo Loetscher. Mit 24 Zeichn. von George Grosz (1973) 2 copies
Die Welt der Herzen 2 copies
Novellen II 2 copies
Bunte Gesellschaft 2 copies
Ένας αργοπορημένος έρωτας 1 copy
Das Stelldichein Novellen 1 copy
Ingerul albastru 1 copy
Oraselul 1 copy
Diktatur der Vernunft 1 copy
Sieben Jahre: Chronik der Gedanken und Vorgänge Essays (Heinrich Mann, Studienausgabe in Einzelbänden… (1994) 1 copy
Сочинения в восьми томах 1 copy
MAVİ MELEK 1 copy
Der Jüngling 1 copy
Kampf um München als Kulturzentrum: 6 Vorträge von Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann, Leo Weismantel [u.a.]. Mit… — Contributor — 1 copy
Una vita difficile : romanzo 1 copy
Novellen Band I-III 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke Band 12 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke Band 11 1 copy
Novellen — Author — 1 copy
亨利四世中 1 copy
Schauspielerin : Novelle 1 copy
亨利四世下 1 copy
亨利四世上 1 copy
Die Boesen 1 copy
Pippo Spano 1 copy
In memoriam Karel Capek 1 copy
Voltaire - Goethe 1 copy
Novellen III 1 copy
Der Vater 1 copy
Mnais und Ginevra 1 copy
Die gro©e Sache Roman 1 copy
Heinrich Mann: Eine Freundschaft. Gustav Flaubert und George Sand. ( Literatur- Kommentar, 4). Text, Materialien,… (1976) 1 copy
Верноподданный Роман 1 copy
Associated Works
Menschheitsdämmerung : Ein Dokument des Expressionismus : mit Biographien und Bibliographien (1920) — Author, some editions — 95 copies
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- Legal name
- Mann, Ludwig Heinrich
- Birthdate
- 1871-03-27
- Date of death
- 1950-12-03
- Burial location
- Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin, Germany
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Lübeck, Germany
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Lübeck, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Nice, France
Santa Monica, California, USA - Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- Mann, Thomas (brother)
Mann, Viktor (brother)
Mann, Katia (sister-in-law)
Mann Borghese, Elisabeth (niece)
Mann, Golo (nephew)
Mann, Michael (nephew) (show all 8)
Mann, Erika (niece)
Mann, Monika (niece)
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- Works
- 148
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 2,563
- Popularity
- #10,021
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 305
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
- 7
- Touchstones
- 41
Mann explicitly structures the book like an opera, with big opening and closing choruses as the singers arrive on the mail-coach and leave again, a spectacular sustained centre-piece taking us through the chaos both front-of-house and backstage during the tumultuous premiere of The poor Tonietta, and then two more scenes with the entire cast onstage: a Meistersinger-style riot in the main square and the night-time burning-down of Café Progress, which transforms seamlessly to Don Taddeo's big scene during mass in the cathedral. In between there are any number of romantic trysts in gardens and dark alleys, interspersed with jolly café conversation scenes.
There is a ludicrously oversized cast of named characters for a book of this length (around 400 pages), and Mann has fun "burying" characters who will later become important, slipping them in to play insignificant roles in the crowded ensemble scenes. Another very important part of his technique is to present a lot of crucial plot information to us only as gossip, so that we are never entirely sure who is sleeping with whom. But neither are any of the characters in the book, and a lot of actions people take turn out to have been based on false information.
Fun in detail, a lively evocation of Italian small-town life, but maybe a bit frustrating when you try to make something out of it as a complete novel.… (more)