Abstract
ABSTRACT In exploring the relationship between the artist and ethics this extended paper compares the role of the two protagonists, Lotte and Goethe, in Mann’s novel, with particular reference to the concepts of ‘Wiederholung’ and recreation. The statement ‘Aber aus Küssen werden keine Kinder’ serves as a leitmotiv, treating Lotte’s ‘Menschlichkeit’ with specific reference to her ‘Weiblichkeit’ in comparison to Goethe’s artistic ‘Lebenserneuerung aus dem Geist’. Mann’s work on this novel will be discussed within the framework of German fascism, experienced mainly during his exile in America. A shorter form of this paper was given at the annual conference of the Association of German Studies in Nottingham (5th to 7th September 2022).
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