Paratextual Masereel and Love Trap. When Thomas Mann, Max Brod and Herman Hesse Were Reading Graphic Novels (1927-1933)
In the 1920-1930s, the publisher Kurt Wolff asked famous writers to introduce Frans Masereel’s “graphic novels”. Thomas Mann, Max Brod and Hermann Hesse introduced Mein Stundenbuch and Geschichte ohne Wort. These novels develop a narrative exposition of the dangers and pains linked to sentimental ad...
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| Yhteenveto: | In the 1920-1930s, the publisher Kurt Wolff asked famous writers to introduce Frans Masereel’s “graphic novels”. Thomas Mann, Max Brod and Hermann Hesse introduced Mein Stundenbuch and Geschichte ohne Wort. These novels develop a narrative exposition of the dangers and pains linked to sentimental adventures and passionate love, damaging for a man discovering the world, and notably for the artist who has to protect his ability. Masereel’s images of the woman are characterized differently by the authors. For Hesse, she is a “clever, cold female”. For Brod, she is “an especially fragile and naughty girl” bringing “an evil enchantment”, “followed by a painful awakening.” Mann concludes that, ultimately, Masereel’s hero “has had enough of love” and needs to separate “the practical man”, decided to control his life, from “the intellectual and imaginative man”. |
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