Decadence and Decline in Works by Thomas Mann and Edward Graf Von Keyserling
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Fort, John Robert
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Washington and Lee University -- Honors in German
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955
Keyserling, Eduard von, 1855-1918
Decadence in literature
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Essentially a study of the �decadent individual, this paper will proceed from an examination of tradition to a closer examination of seieral of Mann's and Keyserling's characters. Understanding the characters better, we shall then attempt to establish the two authors' views on decadence in general, based on the particular instances studied. Finally we shall eiamine the method and style by which the writers convey these ideas. [From Introduction]