The Magic Mountain

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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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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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Thomas Mann notableWork The Magic Mountain
Davos inspiredWork The Magic Mountain
Hannes Nikel edited The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain (1982 film)
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
The Magic Mountain hasAdaptation The Magic Mountain self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain (opera)
Clawdia Chauchat appearsIn The Magic Mountain
Clawdia Chauchat appearsIn The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg
Clawdia Chauchat firstAppearance The Magic Mountain
Joachim Ziemßen fictionalUniverse The Magic Mountain
Joachim Ziemßen appearsIn The Magic Mountain
Joachim Ziemßen firstPublicationContext The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg
Joachim Ziemßen relatedWork The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg
Hans Castorp appearsIn The Magic Mountain
Hans Castorp firstAppearance The Magic Mountain
Lodovico Settembrini appearsIn The Magic Mountain
Leo Naphta appearsIn The Magic Mountain
Mynheer Peeperkorn characterIn The Magic Mountain
Mynheer Peeperkorn appearsInWork The Magic Mountain
Mynheer Peeperkorn firstAppearanceIn The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg
Mynheer Peeperkorn fictionalUniverse The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain universe
The Magic Mountain (1982 film) basedOn The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain (1982 film) adaptationOf The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: The Magic Mountain (novel)
The Magic Mountain (1982 film) hasTitleInOriginalLanguage The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg
The Magic Mountain (1982 film) workBasedOn The Magic Mountain
this entity surface form: Der Zauberberg