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J.G. Brennan: Heard and Unheard Speech in ‘The Magic Mountain’. In: Novel. 3. 1970. pp. 129–138. — Winfried Kudszus: Peeperkorns Lieblingsjünger. In: WW. 20. 1970. pp. 321–330. While I agree very largely with the arguments advanced by both these critics, I differ very much in the conclusions to be drawn: both Brennan and Kudszus re-define the value-centre of the novel (for Brennan it is the emotional and human truth of Peeperkorn’s massive presence, for Kudszus it is Hans Castorp’s vision of dying for the magic embodied in the ‘Lindenbaum’). Both conclusions seem to me false, because in my view ‘Der Zauberberg’ does not have an explicit value-centre. Cf. Lehnert’s argument about the lack of ›Bildungsergebnis‹: Hans Castorp’s Vision. In: Rice Inst. Pamphlet. 47. 1960. pp. 1–37.
Most recently, Ulrich Karthaus: Der Zauberberg — ein Zeitroman. In: DVjs. 44. 1970. pp. 269–305.
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Swales, M. The Story and the Hero. A Study of Thomas Mann’s ‘Der Zauberberg’. Dtsch Vierteljahrsschr Literaturwiss Geistesgesch 46, 359–376 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03376234
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