Doctor Faustus

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novel

Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel →
allegoryOf	moral collapse of Germany → rise of Nazism →
author	Thomas Mann →
basedOn	Faust legend →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
firstPublishedIn	Germany →
genre	allegorical novel → modernist novel → novel → philosophical novel →
hasAdaptation	Doctor Faustus (opera) → Doctor Faustus (radio and stage adaptations) →
hasCharacter	Adrian Leverkühn → Serenus Zeitblom → the Devil →
hasEnglishTranslation	Doctor Faustus (English edition) →
influencedBy	Christian theology → German musical tradition → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust →
involves	music composition → pact with the devil → serialism in music →
literaryMovement	modernism →
mainCharacter	Adrian Leverkühn →
narrator	Serenus Zeitblom →
notableFor	complex narrative structure → integration of music theory into fiction → political and moral allegory →
originalLanguage	German →
originalTitle	Doktor Faustus →
partOf	20th-century German literature canon →
publicationYear	1947 →
publisher	S. Fischer Verlag →
setting	Germany →
subtitle	The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, Told by a Friend →
theme	Faustian bargain → Nazism → art and genius → decay of European culture → devil’s pact → guilt and responsibility → moral collapse of Germany → the role of the artist in society →
timePeriod	Nazi era → Weimar Republic era → early 20th century →
translatedBy	H. T. Lowe-Porter →
writtenDuring	Thomas Mann's exile in the United States →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Doctor Faustus ("Doctor Faustus (English edition)") →	hasEnglishTranslation
English Renaissance →	hasNotableWork
Faust legend ("Doctor Faustus (novel)") →	influencedWork
Thomas Mann →	notableWork
Doctor Faustus ("Doktor Faustus") →	originalTitle