The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus
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Explores the resurgence of Gnostic thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and provides a startling reevaluation of Mann's late novel.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPt. 1The Modern Revival1Thomas Mann and Gnosticism in the Cultural Matrix of His Time12On Gnostic Modernity and Modern Gnosticisms35Pt. 2Extremes of Longing and Negation3The Gnostic Schema in European Aestheticism954Satanic God, Demiurge of Reason126Pt. 3Doktor Faustus5Leverkuhn as Modern Magus1536Nature, Gender, and the Catastrophe Caused by Desire1787Leverkuhn's Story as Told in His Music211Works Cited245Index271
