The Magic Mountain

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literary work novel

The Magic Mountain is a landmark 1924 novel by Thomas Mann that follows a young man's extended stay in a Swiss sanatorium to explore themes of time, illness, and the intellectual currents of pre–World War I Europe.

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Der Zauberberg 1
The Magic Mountain (1982 film) 1
The Magic Mountain (opera) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Thomas Mann ⓘ
awarded Nobel Prize in Literature context ⓘ
character Clawdia Chauchat ⓘ
Joachim Ziemßen ⓘ
Leo Naphta ⓘ
Lodovico Settembrini ⓘ
Mynheer Peeperkorn ⓘ
contributedTo Thomas Mann's reputation as a Nobel laureate ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
genre bildungsroman ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Magic Mountain (1982 film) ⓘ
The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Magic Mountain (opera)
hasLiteraryStatus classic of 20th-century literature ⓘ
influencedBy European intellectual currents ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
languageStyle complex prose ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Hans Castorp ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of tuberculosis sanatorium life ⓘ
exploration of time and temporality ⓘ
philosophical dialogues ⓘ
symbolic use of illness ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre major work of Thomas Mann ⓘ
protagonist Hans Castorp ⓘ
publicationYear 1924 ⓘ
publisher S. Fischer Verlag ⓘ
settingCountry Switzerland ⓘ
settingLocation Alps ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Alps

sanatorium ⓘ
settingPeriod pre–World War I Europe ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
illness ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
love ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
time ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
war ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Der Zauberberg

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Hannes Nikel → edited → The Magic Mountain ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain (1982 film)
The Magic Mountain → hasAdaptation → The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain (opera)
Davos → inspiredWork → The Magic Mountain ⓘ
Thomas Mann → notableWork → The Magic Mountain ⓘ
Mann → notableWork → The Magic Mountain ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain → titleInOriginalLanguage → The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg