Thomas Mann, Herr und Hund [A Man and his Dog]

David Gallagher (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1919

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Story

Resources

Having just sent off the manuscript for Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen [Reflections of a Non-Political Man, 1918], Thomas Mann began work on a long prose story on 18 March 1918 entitled Herr und Hund [A Man and His Dog, 1919]. The text was finished on 14 October and he published it together with an idyllic celebration of the christening of his youngest daughter Elisabeth, “Gesang vom Kindchen”, giving the book the collective title Zwei Idyllen [Two Idylls, 1919]. Mann was familiar with El coloquio de los perros [The Dogs’ Colloquy, 1613] by Miguel …

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Citation: Gallagher, David. "Herr und Hund". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 December 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11464, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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