Thomas Mann's bold and disturbing novella, written in 1952, is the feminine counterpart of his masterpiece Death in Venice. Written from the point of view of a woman in what we might now call mid-life crisis, The Black Swan evinces Mann's mastery of psychological analysis and his compelling interest in the intersection of the physical and the spiritual in human behavior. It is startlingly relevant to current discussions of the politics of the body, male inscriptions of the feminine, and discourse about and of women. The new introduction places this dramatic novella in the context of contemporary feminist and literary concerns, bringing it to the attention of a new generation of readers.
- ISBN10 0156131285
- ISBN13 9780156131285
- Publish Date 1 June 1980 (first published 27 June 1954)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
- Edition Harvest/HBJ ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 160
- Language English