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Thomas mann faustus6/24/2023 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE MALCOLM PENDER Overturning 'Dr.Faustus': Rereading ThomasMann's Novel inLight of 'Observations of a Non-Political Man'. Fifty years afterhis death, Valerie Heffernan has aligned aspects of Walser's writing to contemporary discourses in amanner which contributes toour understanding of his work, increases our admiration forhis achievement, and, most importantly, sends us back enhanced to theoriginal texts-which isafter all thehallmark of good criticism. But themerits of the study are solid: it iswell researched, is based on careful and perceptive readings of the texts,and highlights verywell thesubtlety of Walser's work. Ii6o Reviews Periphery but also points to the cost ofmaintaining a subversive posture from the periphery, amatter which Provocation from thePeriphery rather takes forgranted. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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