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Tragicomic Irony: Scientific Discourse in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus

Panel: 
Literature and Science I
Abstract: 

Thomas Mann enlisted current scientific (physicochemical, marine-biological, astrophysical, and medical) discourse in Doctor Faustus. Reconfiguring the Faust myth as a biography written by a classics professor and humanist, Mann problematizes and ironizes both humanism and scientism.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Friederike
Last Name: 
von Schwerin-High
Institution: 
Pomona College