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Life as Menace.

GILLARD, BARRY

Quadrant Magazine. Oct2021, p102-105. 4p.

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Title Life as Menace.
Authors GILLARD, BARRY
Source
Quadrant Magazine. Oct2021, p102-105. 4p.
Abstract
The article focuses on novel "Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann on disciplined ascetic and much lauded writer of fiction, who, in his early fifties, falls victim to a malaise. It mentions need to wished to explore the idea of loss of dignity through passion and Nietzschean dichotomy between Apolline order and Dionysian bacchanal. It also mentions misinterpreted Mann's book as expressing anti-gay sentiments and story of personal liberation.
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Death in Venice (Book : Mann), Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, Binary principle (Linguistics), Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting), Gay people, Liberty
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