The Holy Sinner: HOLY SINNER CALIFORNIA/E

by THOMAS MANN

2020-12-29 08:11:42

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... Read more
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.
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Book Details

File size7.5 X 5.25 X 0.9 in
Print pages336
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication date January 30, 1992
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780520076716
Author
Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 Aug 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic ...

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