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The Transposed Heads (German: Die vertauschten Köpfe) is a novella by Thomas Mann. It was written in 1940 and published later that year by Bermann-Fischer. The English translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter was published in 1941 by Alfred A. Knopf.
- Anna Jacobson, Thomas Mann
- 1940
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Thomas Mann: The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India. This is not only a short novel by Thomas Mann, it’s also a very unusual novel for him. It’s set in India, in mythic times, so, therefore, it must be true. I’ll let Mann introduce the novel, for he does it much better than I ever could.
Among the more significant influences Mann mentioned are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who had made use of a somewhat similar theme, and the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, whose work inspired...
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The novella, 'The Transposed Heads' is Thomas Mann's philosophical version of an Indian legend about the conflict between mind and body. In a twinned paroxysm, two friends, the intellectual Shridaman and the earthy Nanda, behead themselves.
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Jul 26, 2013 · PDF | On Jul 26, 2013, Manu Mangattu published The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India by Thomas Mann -A Critical Analysis | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
