Thomas Mann

 

Thomas MANN

 

Paul Thomas Mann.
Born on 6 June 1875 in Lübeck, German Empire.
Died on 12 August 1955 in Zürich, Switzerland.
Wikipedia: English, French.
Categories: Novels, Novellas, Short Stories, Theatre, Poems, Autobiographical Texts, Essays, Correspondence, Chronology, Volumes, References.

 

NOVELS

Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie (1901).
 Published, in two volumes, by S. Fischer, Berlin, on 26 February 1901.
 German: 1909; 1962; 1967; c. 1970 (undated).
 English: Buddenbrooks, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1924, ed. 1927); • Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (John Woods, 1993).
 French: Les Buddenbrook : Déclin d’une famille (Geneviève Bianquis, 1932).

Königliche Hoheit (1909).
 Serialised in Die neue Rundschau from January to September 1909, and published as a book by S. Fischer, Berlin, in the same year.
 German: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September 1909; 1910; 1911.
 English: Royal Highness (Cecil Curtis, 1916, ed. Gutenberg.org); • Royal Highness (Curtis, fully revised by Constance McNab, 1962).
 French: Altesse royale (Geneviève Bianquis and Jeanne Choplet, 1930); • Altesse royale (Bianquis-Choplet, revised and completed by Louise Servicen, 1972).

Der Zauberberg (1924).
 Published, in two volumes, by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1924.
 German: 1965; 1988.
 English: The Magic Mountain (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1927, ed. 1928; see also 1951); • The Magic Mountain (John Woods, 1995).
 French: La Montagne magique (Maurice Betz, 1931); • La Montagne magique (Claire de Oliveira, 2016).

Lotte in Weimar (1939).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1939.
 German: 1944.
 English: The Beloved Returns (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1940, ed. 1983).
 French: Charlotte à Weimar (Louise Servicen, 1945).

Joseph und seine Brüder (1933–1943).
 English: Joseph and His Brothers (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934–1944); • Joseph and His Brothers (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Joseph et ses frères (Louise Servicen, 1935–1948).
 • Vorspiel: Höllenfahrt (1933).
 Published with Die Geschichten Jaakobs by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1933.
 German: 1948.
 English: Prelude: Descent into Hell (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934); • Prelude: Descent into Hell (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Prélude: La Descente aux enfers (Louise Servicen, 1935).
 • Book I: Die Geschichten Jaakobs (1933).
 Published by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1933.
 German: 1948.
 English: The Tales of Jacob (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934); • The Stories of Jacob (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Les Histoires de Jacob (Louise Servicen, 1935).
 • Book II: Der junge Joseph (1934).
 Published by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1934.
 German: 1948.
 English: Young Joseph (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1935); • Young Joseph (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Le Jeune Joseph (Louise Servicen, 1936).
 • Der Knabe Henoch (fragment, 1934).
 Suppressed chapter from Der junge Joseph, published in Der Morgen of June 1934.
 German: June 1934 (pages 127–132); 1980.
 French: L’Enfant Henoch (Louise Servicen, 1973).
 • Book III: Joseph in Ägypten (1936).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Vienna, in 1936.
 German: 1948.
 English: Joseph in Egypt, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1938); • Joseph in Egypt (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Joseph en Égypte (Louise Servicen, 1938).
 • Book IV, Chapter 5: Thamar (1942).
 Limited edition published by the Pazifische Presse, Los Angeles, in 1942.
 • Book IV: Joseph der Ernährer (1943).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1943.
 English: Joseph the Provider (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1944); • Joseph the Provider (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Joseph le Nourricier (Louise Servicen, 1948).

Doktor Faustus (1947).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1947.
 German: 1947.
 English: Doctor Faustus (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1948); • Doctor Faustus (John Woods, 1997, ed. 1999).
 French: Le Docteur Faustus (Louise Servicen, 1950).

Der Erwählte (1951).
 Published by S. Fischer, Frankfurt, in 1951.
 German: 1951.
 English: The Holy Sinner (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1951).
 French: L’Élu (Louise Servicen, 1952).

Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (unfinished, 1911–1954).
 • Book I, Chapter 5: Bruchstück aus einem Roman (1911).
 Published in Das XXVte Jahr almanach of S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, in 1911.
 German: 1911 (pages 273–283).
 • Book I, Chapter 6: Schulkrankheit (1919).
 Published in Das Kestnerbuch, edited by Paul Erich Küppers, in 1919.
 • Book I: Das Buch der Kindheit (1922).
 Published in a limited edition by Rikola, Vienna, in 1922. Published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, in 1923.
 English: Felix Krull (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Les Confessions du chevalier d’industrie Félix Krull (Joseph Delage, 1929).
 • Book II, Chapter 5: Ungedrucktes Bruchstück (1925)
 Published in the Neue Freie Presse of 7 June 1925.
 German: 7 June 1925 (pages 29–34).
 • Book I with Book II, Chapters 1–5 (1937).
 Published by Querido, Amsterdam in 1937. New edition in 1948.
 • Two New Fragments (1951).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of March 1951.
 • Book III, Chapter 5: Die Begegnung (1953).
 Published in a limited edition by the Vereinigung Oltner Bücherfreunde, Olten, in 1953.
 German: 1953.
 • Books I–III: Der Memoiren erster Teil (1954).
 Published by S. Fischer, Frankfurt, in 1954.
 German: 1954.
 English: Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man (Denver Lindley, 1955).
 French: Les Confessions du chevalier d’industrie Félix Krull (Louise Servicen, 1956).
 • A Suppressed Chapter (posthumous, 1957).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of February 1957.

 

NOVELLAS

Tonio Kröger (1903).
 Published in the Neue Deutsche Rundschau of February 1903.
 German: February 1903 (pages 113–151); 1919; 1922; 1926.
 English: Tonio Kröger (Kenneth Burke, 1925); • Tonio Kröger (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1930, ed. 1936); • Tonio Kröger (David Luke, 1970); • Tonio Kröger (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998); • Tonio Kröger (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: Tonio Kröger (Geneviève Maury, 1923, ed. Gutenberg.ca).

Tristan (1903).
 Published in the collection of stories of the same name in April 1903.
 German: 1919, 1922, c.1925.
 English: Tristan, Chapters 1–7 and 8–12 (Scofield Thayer and Kenneth Burke, 1922–1923); • Tristan (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1930, ed. 1936); • Tristan (David Luke, 1970); • Tristan (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998); • Tristan (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: Tristan (Gabrielle Valère-Gille, 1927; misattributed in the Pochothèque edition); • Tristan (Axel Nesme, 1991).

Der Tod in Venedig (1912).
 First published as a book in a limited edition by Hyperionverlag Hans von Weber, Munich, in 1912. Published in Die neue Rundschau of October and November 1912. Published as a book by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1913.
 German: October (pages 1368–1398) and November 1912 (pages 1499–1526); 1919; 1922.
 English: Death in Venice, Part I, Part II and Part III (Kenneth Burke, 1924); • Death in Venice (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1930, ed. 1936); • Death in Venice (David Luke, 1988, ed. 1999); • Death in Venice (Clayton Koelb, 1994); • Death in Venice (Stanley Appelbaum, 1995); • Death in Venice (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998); • Death in Venice (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006); • Death in Venice (Michael Henry Heim, 2004).
 French: La Mort à Venise (Félix Bertaux and Charles Sigwalt, 1925); • La Mort à Venise (Philippe Jaccottet, 1947); • La Mort à Venise (Axel Nesme and Edoardo Costadura, 1989).

Herr und Hund (1919).
 First published in a limited edition by Knorr & Hirth, Munich, in 1919. Published, along with Gesang vom Kindchen, by S. Fischer, Berlin, in the same year.
 German: 1919, 1922, 1980.
 English: Bashan and I (Herman George Scheffauer, 1923; also published as A Man and His Dog); • A Man and His Dog (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936); • Man and Dog (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: Maître et Chien (Geneviève Bianquis, 1927; misattributed in the Pochothèque edition).

Unordnung und frühes Leid (1925).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of June 1925, and as book by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1926.
 German: 1930, 1980.
 English: Disorder and Early Sorrow (Herman George Scheffauer, 1926; also published as Early Sorrow); • Disorder and Early Sorrow (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Désordre (Geneviève Bianquis, 1927; misattributed in the Pochothèque edition).

Mario und der Zauberer (1930).
 Published by S. Fischer, Berlin, in 1930.
 German: 1980.
 English: Mario and the Magician (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1931, ed. 1936).
 French: Mario et le magicien (André Gailliard, 1932).

Die vertauschten Köpfe (1940).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1940.
 German: 1980.
 English: The Transposed Heads (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1941).
 French: Les Têtes interverties (Louise Servicen, 1949).

Das Gesetz (1944).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1944.
 German: 1980.
 English: Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me (George R. Marek, 1943); • The Tables of the Law (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1945, ed. 1947).
 French: Tu n’auras pas d’autres dieux devant ma face (Charles de Targiani, 1946); • La Loi (Christine de Gemaux, 1990); • La Loi (Nicole Taubes, 1996).

Die Betrogene (1953).
 Published by S. Fischer, Frankfurt, in 1953.
 German: 1980.
 English: The Black Swan (Willard R. Trask, 1954).
 French: Le Mirage (Louise Servicen, 1954).

 

SHORT STORIES

Vision (1893).
 Published in Der Frühlingssturm of June–July 1893.
 English: A Vision (Peter Constantine, 1997).

Gefallen (1894).
 Published in Die Gesellschaft of November 1894.
 German: November 1894 (pages 1433–1458).
 English: Fallen (Peter Constantine, 1997).
 French: La Chute (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Der Wille zum Glück (1896).
 Published in Simplicissimus from 22 August to 5 September 1896.
 German: 22 August (page 6), 29 August (page 6) and 5 September 1896 (page 6); 1909.
 English: The Will to Happiness (Eric Roman, 1961);
 The Will to Happiness (Peter Constantine, 1997);
 The Will for Happiness (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: La Volonté du bonheur (Louise Servicen, 1968; also published as La Volonté de bonheur; eight paragraphs concerning the first visit to the Stein family were not translated);
 La Volonté de bonheur (Romain Deygout, 1993).

Der Tod (1897).
 Published in Simplicissimus on 16 January 1897.
 German: 16 January 1897 (pages 3 and 6).
 English: Death (Peter Constantine, 1997).
 French: La Mort (Louise Servicen, 1967).

Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1897).
 Published in the Neue Deutsche Rundschau of May 1897.
 German: 1909, 1922.
 English: Little Herr Friedemann (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 Little Herr Friedemann (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 Little Herr Friedemann (David Luke, 1970);
 Little Herr Friedemann (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: Le Petit Monsieur Friedemann (Geneviève Maury, 1923, ed. Gutenberg.ca).

Der Bajazzo (1897).
 Published in the Neue Deutsche Rundschau of September 1897.
 German: 1909, 1922.
 English: The Dilettante (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 The Joker (David Luke, 1970).
 French: Le Paillasse (Louise Servicen, 1957);
 Le Paillasse (Axel Nesme, 1991).

Tobias Mindernickel (1898).
 Published in the Neue Deutsche Rundschau of January 1898.
 German: 1909, 1922.
 English: Tobias Mindernickel (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 Tobias Mindernickel (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 Tobias Mindernickel (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998);
 Tobias Mindernickel (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: Tobias Mindernickel (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Enttäuschung (1898).
 Published in the collection of stories Der kleine Herr Friedemann in March 1898.
 German: 1909, 1922.
 English: Disillusionment (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Déception (Louise Servicen, 1956).

Der Kleiderschrank (1899).
 Published in the Neue Deutsche Rundschau of July 1899.
 German: 1919, 1922.
 English: The Wardrobe (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 The Wardrobe (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: L’Armoire (Maurice Boucher, 1929);
 L’Armoire (Louise Servicen, 1955; also published as L’Armoire à vêtements);
 L’Armoire (Romain Deygout, 1993).

Gerächt (1899).
 Published in Simplicissimus on 19 August 1899.
 German: 19 August 1899 (pages 162–163).
 English: A Revenge (Edgar Rosenberg, in Esquire, December 1959);
 Avenged (Peter Constantine, 1997).
 French: La Vengeance (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Luischen (1900).
 Published in Die Gesellschaft of January 1900.
 German: January 1900 (pages 35–50); 1909, 1919, 1922.
 English: Loulou (Kenneth Burke, 1921);
 Little Louise (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 Little Lizzy (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 Little Lizzy (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: Luischen (Louise Servicen, 1957; also published as Louisette);
 Luischen (Romain Deygout, 1993).

Der Weg zum Friedhof (1900).
 Published in Simplicissimus on 22 October 1900.
 German: 22 October 1900 (pages 238–239); 1919, 1922.
 English: The Path to the Cemetery (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 The Way to the Churchyard (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 The Road to the Churchyard (David Luke, 1970).
 French: Le Chemin du cimetière (Geneviève Bianquis, 1930).

Gladius Dei (1902).
 Published in Die Zeit (weekly edition) of 12 and 19 July 1902.
 German: 1919, 1922.
 English: Gladius Dei (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 Gladius Dei (David Luke, 1970);
 Gladius Dei (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: Gladius Dei (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Die Hungernden (1903).
 Published in Die Zukunft of 24 January 1903.
 German: 24 January 1903 (pages 154–158); 1909, 1922.
 English: The Hungry (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 The Starvelings (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: Les Affamés (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Das Wunderkind (1903).
 Published in the Neue Freie Presse of 25 December 1903.
 German: 25 December 1903 (pages 36–37); 1922, 1925.
 English: The Infant Prodigy (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 The Infant Prodigy (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 The Wunderkind (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998);
 The Child Prodigy (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: L’Enfant prodige (Geneviève Maury, 1923, ed. Gutenberg.ca).

Ein Glück (1904).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of January 1904.
 German: January 1904 (pages 85–93); 1922, 1925.
 English: A Gleam (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934, ed. 1936).
 French: Un Petit Bonheur (Geneviève Maury, 1923, ed. Gutenberg.ca).

Beim Propheten (1904).
 Published in the Neue Freie Presse of 22 May 1904.
 German: 22 May 1904 (pages 40–42); 1922, 1925.
 English: At the Prophet’s (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 At the Prophet’s (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Chez le Prophète (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Schwere Stunde (1905).
 Published in Simplicissimus on 9 May 1905.
 German: 9 May 1905 (pages 62–63); 1922, 1925.
 English: A Weary Hour (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934, ed. 1936);
 Harsh Hour (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998);
 Hour of Hardship (Jefferson Chase, 1999, ed. 2006).
 French: Heure difficile (Geneviève Maury, 1923, ed. Gutenberg.ca).

Anekdote (1908).
 Published in March 1908.
 English: Anecdote (Peter Constantine, 1997).
 French: Anecdote (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Das Eisenbahnunglück (1909).
 Published in the Neue Freie Presse of 6 January 1909.
 German: 6 January 1909 (pages 31–33); 1909, 1922.
 English: Railway Accident (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1934, ed. 1936).
 French: L’Accident de chemin de fer (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Wie Jappe und Do Escobar sich prügelten (1911).
 Published in the Süddeutsche Monatshefte of February 1911.
 German: 1922, 1925.
 English: How Jappe fought Do Escobar (Herman George Scheffauer, 1928);
 The Fight between Jappe and Do Escobar (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Comment Jappe et Do Escobar se battirent (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Wälsungenblut (1921).
 Published in a limited edition by Phantasus, Munich, in 1921.
 English: The Blood of the Walsungs (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936);
 The Blood of the Walsungs (Joachim Neugroschel, 1998).
 French: Sang réservé (Denise Van Moppès, 1931; also published as Les Enfants de Wotan).

 

THEATRE

Fiorenza (1905).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of July and August 1905. Published as a book in 1906. First performed at the Residenztheater of Munich on 17 December 1907.
 German: July (pages 785–823) and August 1905 (pages 944–977); 1906, 1913, 1922, 1959, 1980.
 English: Fiorenza (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1936).
 French: Fiorenza (Louise Servicen, 1957).

Luthers Hochzeit (fragment, 1954).

 

POEMS

Zweimaliger Abschied (1893).
 Published in Der Frühlingssturm of June–July 1893 and in Die Gesellschaft of October 1893.
 German: October 1893 (pages 1247–1248).

Nacht (1893).
 Published in Der Frühlingssturm of June–July 1893.

Dichters Tod (1893).
 Published in Der Frühlingssturm of June–July 1893.

Siehst du, Kind, ich liebe dich (1895).
 Published in Die Gesellschaft of January 1895.
 German: January 1895 (page 34).

An Agnes Sorma (1899).
 Published in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten in April 1899.

Monolog (1899).
 Written on 18 January 1899, and published in Die Gesellschaft of May 1899.
 German: May 1899 (page 183); 1996.

Weihnacht (1899).
 Published in Simplicissimus on 23 December 1899.
 German: 23 December 1899 (page 311).

Gesang vom Kindchen (1919).
 Published in Der Neue Merkur of April and May 1919.
 German: 1919, 1980.

 

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS

Non-exhaustive list of texts about his life and works.

Kinderspiele (1904).
 Published in Paul Hildebrandt’s Das Spielzeug im Leben des Kindes in 1904. Revised version published in the Vossische Zeitung of 25 December 1920.
 German: 1904; 25 December 1920 (pages 17–18); 1922.
 French: Jeux d’enfant (Maurice Boucher, 1929);
 Jeux d’enfant (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Mitteilung an die Literaturhistorische Gesellschaft in Bonn (1907).
 Text dated July 1906, and published in the Mitteilungen der Literarhistorischen Gesellschaft Bonn no. 7 (special issue) in July 1907.
 German: July 1907 (pages 274–277); 1922.

Im Spiegel (1907).
 Published in Das literarische Echo of 15 December 1907.
 German: 15 December 1907 (columns 395–397); 1922.
 French: Devant le miroir (Gabrielle Valère-Gille, 1927);
 Dans le miroir (Maurice Boucher, 1929);
 Dans le miroir (Louise Servicen, 1961).

Über »Fiorenza« (1908).
 Allegedly published in the Bayerische Kurier in January 1908, as a reply to a review of his play which had appeared in the same newspaper. Also published in the collection of essays Rede und Antwort in 1922, with the subtitle: Brief an eine katholische Zeitung.
 German: 1922.

Süßer Schlaf! (1909).
 Published in the Neue Freie Presse of 30 May 1909.
 German: 30 May 1909 (pages 105–106); 1922.
 English: Sleep, Sweet Sleep (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Doux sommeil (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Über »Königliche Hoheit« (1910).
 Published in Der Kunstwart of 1 April 1910, as a reply to a review of his novel by Princess Feodora von Schleswig-Holstein.
 German: 1922.

Zu »Fiorenza« (1912).
 Published in the Blätter des Deutschen Theaters in December 1912.
 German: 1922.

Vorwort zu einer Bildermappe (1921).
 Written in March 1921 as a preface to an album of illustrations by Wolfgang Born titled Der Tod in Venedig: Neun farbige Lithographien zu Thomas Manns Novelle: Mit einem Brief des Dichters an den Maler, Munich, D. u. R. Bischoff, 1921.
 German: 1922.

Über den »Gesang vom Kindchen« (1921).
 Written in March 1921, and published in the Almanach der Rupprechtpresse in the same year.
 German: 1922.

Okkulte Erlebnisse (1924).
 English: An Experience in the Occult (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1929).
 French: Expériences occultes (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Meine Arbeitsweise (1925).

Pariser Rechenschaft (1926).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau from May to July 1926, and as a book by S. Fischer, Berlin, in the same year.
 French: Bilan parisien (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Lübeck als geistige Lebensform (1926).
 French: Lübeck, forme de vie spirituelle (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Lettre à Charles Du Bos (1929).
 In French. Published in the Revue d’Allemagne of July 1929.
 French: July 1929.

Lebensabriß (1930).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of June 1930.
 English: A Sketch of my Life (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1930, ed. 1960).
 French: Esquisse de ma vie (Louise Servicen, 1967).

Das Bild der Mutter (1930).
 French: Le Portrait de ma mère (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Noch einmal »Wälsungenblut« (1931).
 First published in its French version in Les Nouvelles littéraires of 29 August 1931, as a reply to an article by Jacques Lobstein published in the same periodical on 15 August 1931 and to another article published in the Comœdia of 19 July 1931.
 French: Encore une fois « Sang réservé » (Thomas and Katia Mann, 1931).

Preface to “Stories of Three Decades” (1936).
 English: 1936.

Ein Briefwechsel (1937).

Einführung in den »Zauberberg« (1939).
 Speech delivered at Princeton University in May 1939.
 French: « La Montagne magique » (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

On Myself (1940).

»Joseph und seine Brüder«: Ein Vortrag (1942).
 Speech delivered in the Library of Congress in Washington on 17 November 1942.
 German: 1948 (essay).
 English: The Theme of the Joseph Novels (speech, 1942).
 French: « Joseph et ses frères » (essay, Philippe Jaccottet, 1949).

Zu einem Kapitel aus »Buddenbrooks« (1947).
 French: À propos d’un chapitre des « Buddenbrook » (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Sechzehn Jahre (1948).
 Preface to the American editon of Joseph and His Brothers in one volume. First published in the Neue Schweizer Rundschau of March 1948.
 German: March 1948 (pages 643–653).
 English: Foreword to “Joseph and His Brothers” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1948);
 Sixteen Years (John Woods, 2005).
 French: Seize ans (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Die Entstehung des Doktor Faustus (1949).
 Subtitle: Roman eines Romans. Published by Bermann-Fischer, Amsterdam, in 1949.

Vorwort zu einem Gedächtnisbuch für Klaus Mann (1950).
 French: Mon fils Klaus (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Meine Zeit (1950).
 Speech delivered at the University of Chicago on 19 April 1950.
 French: Mon Temps (Louise Servicen, 1951).

Lob der Vergänglichkeit (1952).

 

ESSAYS

Non-exhaustive list of essays, prefaces and speeches.

Das Ewig-Weibliche (1903).
 Review of Toni Schwabe’s first novel, Die Hochzeit der Esther Franzenius. Published in the Munich weekly magazine Freistatt of 21 March 1903.

Der französische Einfluß (1904).
 Published in Die Zeit (weekly edition) of 16 January 1904.

Bilse und ich (1906).
 Published in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of 15 and 16 February 1906 (evening editions), and as a book in the same month.
 German: 15 February (page 1) and 16 February 1906 (page 1); 1906, 1922.
 French: Bilse et moi (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Dichterische Arbeit und Alkohol (1906).
 Published in Das literarische Echo on 15 October 1906. Also published as Über die Alkohol.
 German: 15 October 1906 (columns 114–115); 1922.

Notiz über Heine (1908).
 Published in a booklet of the Festgabe des Literarischen Vereins Phoebus München in January 1908.
 German: 1922.

Versuch über das Theater (1908).
 Published in Nord und Süd of January and February 1908.
 German: January–February 1908 (pages 116–119 and 259–290); 1922.

Beim Erscheinen der No. 5000 von Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (1908).
 Celebratory speech delivered in May 1908. Facsimile of the manuscript published by Reclam Verlag in the same year.

Wassermanns »Caspar Hauser« (1908).
 Published in the supplement to the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of 20 July 1908. Also published as Bücherbesprechungen, I.
 German: 1922.

Tolstoi zum 80. Geburtstag (1908).
 Published in Die Zeit (morning edition) of 8 September 1908.
 German: 8 September 1908 (page 2).

Berichtigungen (1910).
 Published in Das literarische Echo of 1 April 1910.
 German: 1 April 1910 (columns 977–980).

Der alte Fontane (1910).
 Published in Die Zukunft of 1 October 1910.
 German: 1 October 1910 (pages 1–21); 1922.
 English: The Old Fontane (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Le Vieux Fontane (Louise Servicen, 1979).

Peter Schlemihl (1910).
 Published in the Berliner Tageblatt of 25 December 1910.
 German: 25 December 1910 (pages 9–10).

Auseinandersetzung mit Wagner (1911).
 Written in May 1911, and published in a special issue of Der Merker in July 1911. Also published as Über die Kunst Richard Wagners.
 German: 1922.

Chamisso (1911).
 Published as a preface to an edition of Chamisso’s Peter Schlemihl in 1911. Also published in Die neue Rundschau of October 1911.
 German: October 1911 (pages 1438–1453); 1922.
 English: Chamisso (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Chamisso (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Ein Werk des Naturalismus (1912).
 Review of Georg Hirschfeld’s novel Der Kampf der weißen und der roten Rose, published in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of 22 July 1912. Also published as Bücherbesprechungen, II.
 German: 22 July 1912 (page 3); 1922.

Glückwunsch an einen Buchhändler (1912).
 Letter dated October 1912, published in the same year in bookseller Heinrich Jaffé’s anniversary catalogue. Also published as Ein Brief an den Buchhändler Heinrich Jaffé.
 German: 1922.

Der Literat (1913).
 Published in the März of 4 and 11 January 1913. The second instalment is titled Der Künstler und der Literat.
 German: 4 January (pages 18–21) and 11 January 1913 (pages 62–65).

Gedächtnisrede auf Friedrich Huch (1913).
 Speech delivered at the funeral of Friedrich Huch on 15 May 1913. Published in the Süddeutsche Monatshefte of June 1913.
 German: June 1913 (pages 329–331); 1913, 1922.

Vorwort zu einem Roman (1913).
 Published in the Süddeutsche Monatshefte of November 1913, and as a preface to Erich von Mendelssohn’s posthumous novel Nacht und Tag in 1914.
 German: 1914, 1922.

Bruno Franks »Requiem« (1914).
 Published in Der Zwiebelfisch of March 1914. Also published as Bücherbesprechungen, III.
 German: 1922.

Über eine Szene von Wedekind (1914).
 Published as Über Frank Wedekind in Der Neue Merkur of July 1914.
 German: 1922.

Gute Feldpost (1914).
 Published in the Zeit-Echo of October 1914.
 German: October 1914 (pages 14–15).

Gedanken im Kriege (1914).
 Published in Die neue Rundschau of November 1914.
 German: November 1914 (pages 1471–1484).

Friedrich und die große Koalition (1915).
 Published in Der Neue Merkur of January–February 1915.
 German: 1922.
 English: Frederick and the Great Coalition (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1929).
 French: Frédéric et la Grande Coalition (Louise Servicen, 1979).

An die Redaktion des »Svenska Dagbladet«, Stockholm (1915).
 First published in a Swedish translation in the Svenska Dagbladet, then in German in Die neue Rundschau of June 1915.
 German: June 1915 (pages 830–836).

Gedanken zum Kriege (1915).
 Published in the Frankfurter Zeitung of 1 August 1915 (1st morning edition).
 German: 1 August 1915 (page 1).

Carlyles »Friedrich« (1916).
 Published in the Frankfurter Zeitung of 24 December 1916 (1st morning edition).
 German: 24 December 1916 (pages 3–4); 1922.

Gegen das Abiturientenexamen (1917).
 Published under the title Hoffnungen auf das neue Lehrergeschlecht in the Berliner Tageblatt of 25 December 1917.
 German: 25 December 1917 (page 13); 1922.

Aufruf zur Gründung des Hans-Pfitzner-Vereins für deutsche Tonkunst (1918).
 Published in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of 1 June 1918 (morning edition).
 German: 1 June 1918 (page 2); 1922.

Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen (1918).
 Published in October 1918.
 German: 1920.
 English: Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (Walter D. Morris, 1983, ed. 1987).
 French: Considérations d’un apolitique (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1975).

Zum Tode Eduard Keyserlings (1918).
 Published in the Frankfurter Zeitung of 15 October 1918 (1st morning edition).
 German: 15 October 1918 (page 1); 1922.

Für das neue Deutschland (1919).
 Published on a poster and in the Vorwärts of 17 January 1919.
 German: 17 January 1919 (page 7).

Tischrede auf Pfitzner (1919).
 Speech delivered on 18 June 1919, and published in the Süddeutsche Monatshefte of October 1919.
 German: 1922.

Über Gottfried Keller (1919).
 Published under the title Meine Liebe zu Gottfried Keller in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 19 July 1919.
 German: 1922.

Anzeige eines Fontane-Buches (1919).
 Published as Zum hundertsten Geburtstag Theodor Fontanes in the Berliner Tageblatt of 25 December 1919, with cuts made by editors. Revised version published in Rede und Antwort in 1922.
 German: 25 December 1919 (page 4); 1922.

Klärungen: Offener Brief an Hermann Grafen Keyserling (1920).
 Published in Das Tage-Buch of 31 March 1920.
 German: 31 March 1920 (pages 405–418); 1922.

Glückwunsch an den »Simplicissimus« (1920).
 Published in the Simplicissimus of 1 April 1920.
 German: 1 April 1920 (pages 12–13); 1922.

Über einen Vortragskünstler (1920).
 Published in the Wort und Ton of April 1920. Also published as Ludwig Hardt.
 German: 1922.

Über einen Spruch Fontanes (1920).
 Published as Der gerettete Fontane: Eine Entgegnung in the Vossische Zeitung (morning edition) of 8 June 1920.
 German: 8 June 1920 (page 2); 1922.

Erziehung zur Sprache (1920).
 Published in the Vossische Zeitung of 1 August 1920.
 German: 1 August 1920 (pages 2–3); 1922.

Die deutsche Stunde (1920).
 Written on 4 May 1917, and published in the Zeitschrift für Deutschkunde in 1920.
 German: 1922.

Äußerung über Peter Altenberg (1920).
 Written from 22 to 28 August 1920, and published in the same year in the Almanach der Bücherstube auf das Jahr 1921. Also published as Brief über Altenberg.
 German: 1922.

Editiones insulae (1920).
 Published in the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten of 25 December 1920.
 German: 1922.

Russische Anthologie (1921).
 Published in the Süddeutsche Monatshefte of February 1921.
 German: 1922.

»Knaben und Mörder« (1921).
 Review of two novellas by Hermann Ungar, published in the Vossische Zeitung of 29 May 1921.
 German: 29 May 1921 (page 17).

Ein Gutachten (1921).
 Published as Um Bismarcks dritten Band in the Berliner Tageblatt (evening edition) of 3 June 1921.
 German: 3 June 1921 (page 2); 1922.

Goethe und Tolstoi (1921).
 Speech delivered at the Johanneum in Lübeck on 4 September 1921, and published in the Deutsche Rundschau of March 1922. Extended version published in 1925, as Goethe und Tolstoi: Fragmente zum Problem der Humanität.
 German: March 1922 (pages 225–246); 1923.
 English: Goethe and Tolstoy (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1929, ed. 1947).
 French: Goethe et Tolstoï (Alexandre Vialatte, 1931).

Das Problem der deutsch-französischen Beziehungen (1922).
 Published in Der Neue Merkur of January 1922.
 French: Le Problème des rapports franco-allemands (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Aufruf zur Gründung einer »Deutschen Akademie« (1922).
 Text written in 1915, published in Rede und Antwort in 1922.
 German: 1922.

Brief an einen Verleger (1922).
 Letter dated 18 August 1920, published in Rede und Antwort in 1922.
 German: 1922.

Brief an den Dekan der philosophischen Fakultät zu Bonn (1922).
 Letter to the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bonn, dated 27 August 1919, published in Rede und Antwort in 1922.
 German: 1922.

»Die Weiber am Brunnen« (1922).
 French: « Les Femmes à la fontaine » (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Von Deutscher Republik (1922).
 Speech delivered at the Beethovensaal in Berlin on 15 October 1922.
 French: De la République allemande (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Briefe aus Deutschland, I (1922).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of December 1922. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974. Reused, with a different introduction, for the essay Über die Lehre Spenglers (1924).
 English: German Letter, I (December 1922).

Vorwort zu »Von deutscher Republik« (1922).
 Published in the Berliner Tageblatt of 24 December 1922.
 German: 24 December 1922 (page 5).
 French: De la République allemande (Avant-Propos) (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Briefe aus Deutschland, II (1923).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of June 1923. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974.
 English: German Letter, II (June 1923).

Briefe aus Deutschland, III (1923).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of October 1923. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974.
 English: German Letter, III (October 1923).

Ein ungarischer Roman (1923).
 First published in a Hungarian translation in the Nyugat of 12 September 1923. Published in German in the Frankfurter Zeitung of 7 March 1924 and in the Allgemeine Zeitung of 16 March 1924.
 German: 16 March 1924 (page 15).

Briefe aus Deutschland, IV (1924).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of January 1924. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974.
 English: German Letter, IV (January 1924).

Über die Lehre Spenglers (1924).
 Adapted from Briefe aus Deutschland, I. Published in the Allgemeine Zeitung of 9 March 1924 and in Das Tage-Buch of 15 March 1924.
 German: 9 March 1924 (page 13), 15 March 1924 (pages 341–346).
 English: On the Theory of Spengler (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Sur la Doctrine de Spengler (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Zum sechzigsten Geburtstag Ricarda Huchs (1924).
 Published in the Pester Lloyd of 17 July 1924 and in the Frankfurter Zeitung the next day.

Briefe aus Deutschland, V (1924).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of November 1924. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974.
 English: German Letter, V (November 1924).

Vorspruch zu einer musikalischen Nietzsche-Feier (1924).
 Speech delivered in the Munich Odeon on 4 November 1924, and published in the yearbook of the Nietzsche-Gesellschaft in 1925.
 English: Nietzsche and Music (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Prologue à une commémoration musicale de Nietzsche (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Zu Goethes »Wahlverwandtschaften« (1925).
 Published as a postface to an edition of Goethe’s novel. Also published in Die neue Rundschau of April 1925.
 English: Goethe, novelist (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Sur « Les Affinités électives » (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Über die Ehe (1925).
 Other title: Die Ehe im Übergang: Brief an den Grafen Hermann Keyserling.
 French: Sur le Mariage (Louise Servicen, 1970).

Vorwort zu Conrads »Geheimagent« (1925).
 English: Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Joseph Conrad (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Briefe aus Deutschland, VI (1925).
 Published in an English translation in The Dial of October 1925. German version published posthumously in Dokumente und Untersuchungen in 1974.
 English: German Letter, VI (October 1925).

Kosmopolitismus (1925).
 Published in Die literarische Welt of 16 and 23 October 1925.
 English: Cosmopolitanism (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).

Vorwort zu Masereels »Stundenbuch« (1926).
 Preface to Frans Masereel’s graphic novel Mon livre d’heure in a German edition, Mein Stundenbuch, published in 1926.
 English: Introduction to “Passionate Journey” (Joseph M. Bernstein, 1948, ed. 1994).

Die große Szene in Kleists »Amphitryon« (1927).
 Published in the Vossische Zeitung of 16 October 1927. Expanded version published in Die neue Rundschau of June 1928.
 German: 16 October 1927 (pages 29–30).
 English: Kleist’s “Amphitryon” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: L’« Amphitryon » de Kleist (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Dürer (1928).
 English: Dürer (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Dürer (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Kultur und Sozialismus (1928).
 English: Culture and Socialism (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Culture et Socialisme (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Tolstoi: Zur Jahrhundertfeier seiner Geburt (1928).
 Also published as Tolstoi: Zum hundertsten Geburtstag.
 English: Tolstoi (On the hundredth anniversary of his birth) (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).

Hundert Jahre Reclam (1928).
 Celebratory speech delivered at the Alte Theater in Leipzig on 1 October 1928, and published in Reclam Verlag’s album Hundert Jahre Reclam in the same month. Also published in Zwei Festreden (Universal-Bibliothek 6931) in December 1928.

Zu Lessings Gedächtnis (1929).
 Published in the Berliner Tageblatt of 20 January 1929.

Rede über Lessing (1929).
 Speech delivered at the Preußische Akademie der Künste in Berlin on 21 January 1929, and published in the Neue Schweizer Rundschau of February 1929.
 German: February 1929 (pages 89–102).
 English: Lessing (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933, ed. 1947).
 French: Discours sur Lessing (Louise Servicen, 1970).

Die Stellung Freuds in der modernen Geistesgeschichte (1929).
 Speech delivered at the University of Munich on 16 May 1929.
 English: Freud’s Position in the History of Modern Thought (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).
 French: Freud et la pensée moderne (Louis Sauzin, 1931);
 Freud dans l’histoire de la pensée moderne (Louise Servicen, 1970).

In memoriam Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1929).
 Published in the Almanach 1930 of S. Fischer Verlag, released in 1929.
 French: À la mémoire de Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Knut Hamsun zum siebzigsten Geburtstag (1929).
 French: Hommage à Knut Hamsun (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

»Si le grain ne meurt« (1929).
 Published in Die Literatur of November–December 1929.
 French: Essai sur André Gide (Lucette Baillon de Wailly, 1930; also published as Les Mémoires d’André Gide).

August von Platen (1930).
 Speech delivered in Ansbach in 1930, and published in Die neue Rundschau in the same year.
 English: Platen (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: August von Platen (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Theodor Storm (1930).
 Published as a preface to a German edition of Storm’s collected works.
 English: Theodor Storm (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Storm (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Die Bäume im Garten (1930).
 Speech delivered in Berlin on 18 May 1930.
 French: Les Arbres de l’Eden (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Die geistige Situation des Schriftstellers in unserer Zeit (1930).
 Speech delivered in The Hague on 18 September 1930.
 French: Situation spirituelle de l’écrivain à notre époque (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Deutsche Ansprache: Ein Appell an die Vernunft (1930).
 Speech delivered at the Beethovensaal in Berlin on 17 October 1930.
 French: Appel à la raison (M. Husson, 1930);
 Allocution allemande: Un appel à la raison (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Vorwort zu »Colberts Reise, und andere Erzählungen« (1930).
 Preface to Hermann Ungar's collection of stories Colberts Reise, published posthumously by Rowohlt, Berlin, in 1930.

Die Wiedergeburt der Anständigkeit (1931).
 Published in Der Staat seid Ihr on 2 March 1931.
 French: La Régénération de la bienséance (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Goethes Laufbahn als Schriftsteller (1932).
 Speech delivered in the Stadthalle in Weimar on 21 March 1932.
 English: Goethe’s Career as a Man of Letters (Rita Matthias-Reil, 1937, ed. 1947).
 French: Goethe dans sa carrière d’homme de lettres (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Goethe als Repräsentant des bürgerlichen Zeitalters (1932).
 Speech delivered at the Preußische Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 1932.
 English: Goethe (Hermann Weigand, 1932);
 Goethe as Representative of the Bourgeois Age (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Goethe, représentant de l’âge bourgeois (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

An die japanische Jugend: Eine Goethe-Studie (1932).
 French: Présentation de Goethe à la jeunesse japonaise (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

»Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften« (1932).
 French: Invitation à lire Robert Musil (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Rede vor Arbeitern in Wien (1932).
 Speech delivered in Wien on 22 October 1932.
 French: Discours à des ouvriers de Vienne (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Bekenntnis zum Sozialismus (1933).
 Published in the Sozialistische Bildung of February 1933.
 French: Profession de foi en faveur du socialisme (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Leiden und Größe Richard Wagners (1933).
 Speech delivered at the University of Munich on 10 February 1933, and published in Die neue Rundschau of April 1933.
 English: Sufferings and Greatness of Richard Wagner (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933, ed. 1947).
 French: Souffrances et grandeur de Richard Wagner (Félix Bertaux, 1933).

Meerfahrt mit Don Quijote (1934).
 Published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 5 to 15 November 1934.
 English: Voyage with Don Quixote (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Traversée avec Don Quichotte (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Achtung, Europa! (1935).
 Text read, in a French translation and in the author’s absence, as an introduction to a conference in Nice on 1 April 1935. First published in French in La Formation de l’homme moderne in January 1936. Published in German in the Neues Wiener Journal on 15 and 22 November 1936.
 French: La Formation de l’homme moderne (1935; large excerpts in La Coopération internationale of January–February 1936);
 Avertissement à l’Europe (Rainer Biemel, 1937);
 Europe, prends garde (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Freud und die Zukunft (1936).
 Speech delivered in Vienna on 8 May 1936.
 English: Freud and the Future (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1937, ed. 1947).
 French: Freud et l’avenir (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Humaniora und Humanismus (1936).
 Speech delivered in Budapest on 8 June 1936.
 French: Humanités et Humanisme (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Richard Wagner und der »Ring des Nibelungen« (1937).
 Speech delivered at the University of Zurich on 16 November 1937.
 English: Richard Wagner and the “Ring” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Richard Wagner et « L’Anneau du Nibelung » (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Schopenhauer (1938).
 Published by Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, in 1938.
 English: Schopenhauer (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1939, ed. 1947).
 French: Schopenhauer (J. A. Cantacuzène, 1939);
 Schopenhauer (Louise Servicen, 1979).

Dieser Friede (1938).
 French: La Paix de Munich (Rainer Biemel, 1939);
 Cette paix (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Über Goethes »Faust« (1938).
 Speech delivered in English at Princeton University in 1938. Published in German in Maß und Wert in May 1939.
 English: Goethe’s “Faust” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: Sur le « Faust » de Goethe (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Bruder Hitler (1939).
 Published in Das Neue Tagebuch of 25 March 1939.
 English: A Brother (1942).
 French: Frère Hitler (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Kultur und Politik (1939).
 French: Culture et Politique (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

»Anna Karenina« (1939).
 First published in an English translation as a preface to an American edition of Tolstoy’s novel. Published in German in Maß und Wert in the same year.
 English: Preface (M. H. Welsh, 1939);
 “Anna Karenina” (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1947).
 French: « Anna Karénine » (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Dieser Krieg (1940).
 Written from 31 November to 23 December 1939, and printed in Amsterdam in 1940.
 English: This War (Eric Sutton, 1940).
 French: Cette guerre (Hélène Boisson, 2012).

Denken und Leben (1941).
 French: Pensée et Vie (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Schicksal und Aufgabe (1943).
 Speech delivered in English in the Library of Congress in Washington on 13 October 1943. Essay in German published in the Deutsche Blätter of July 1944.
 English: The War and the Future (speech, 1944);
 What is German? (essay, 1944).
 French: Destin et Devoir (essay, Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Die Sendung der Musik (1944).
 Dated 16 February 1944.
 French: La Mission de la musique (Louise Servicen, 1973).

Dostojewski — mit Maßen (1945).
 Written in July 1945 as a preface to an American edition of six short novels by Dostoevsky. The German version was published in Die neue Rundschau of July 1946.
 German: 1948.
 English: Dostojewski — in Moderation (1945).
 French: Dostoïevski (Fernand Delmas, 1960).

Deutschland und die Deutschen (1945).
 Speech delivered in English in the Library of Congress in Washington on 29 May 1945. Published in German in Die neue Rundschau of October 1945.
 French: L’Allemagne et les Allemands (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Deutsche Hörer! (1940–1945).
 French: Appels aux Allemands (Pierre Jundt, 1948).

Leiden an Deutschland (1946).
 Diary pages from 1933–1934.
 French: Allemagne, ma souffrance (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Hermann Hesse zum siebzigsten Geburtstag (1947).
 Published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 2 June 1947. Revised in 1948 as an introduction to an American edition of Hesse’s Demian.
 English: Introduction to “Demian” (1948).
 French: Hermann Hesse (Louise Servicen, 1962).

Nietzsches Philosophie im Lichte unserer Erfahrung (1947).
 German: 1948.
 French: La Philosophie de Nietzsche à la lumière de notre expérience (Philippe Jaccottet, 1949);
 La Philosophie de Nietzsche à la lumière de notre expérience (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Der Holzschneider Masereel (1948).
 Preface to Frans Masereel’s graphic novel Jeunesse published in 1948. Also published in Die neue Zeitung on 14 March 1948.

Phantasie über Goethe (1948).
 German: 1948.
 French: Improvisation sur Goethe (Philippe Jaccottet, 1949).

Ansprache im Goethejahr 1949 (1949).
 Speech delivered in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt on 25 July 1949, and published by Suhrkamp, Frankfurt, in the same year. A variant of the speech was delivered at the Nationaltheater in Weimar on 1 August 1949, and published by the Thüringer Volksverlag, Weimar, in the same year.
 French: Commémoraison de Goethe (E. d’Oc, 1949);
 Allocution en l’année Goethe 1949 (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Die drei Gewaltigen (1949).
 French: Les Trois Grands (Louise Servicen, 1979).

Reisebericht (1949).
 First published in English in the New York Times Magazine of 25 September 1949. Published in German in the Neue Schweizer Rundschau of December 1949.
 German: December 1949 (pages 468–477).
 English: Germany Today (1949).
 French: Retour en Allemagne (Louise Servicen and Jeanne Naujac, 1976).

Noch einmal der alte Fontane (1954).
 German: 1956.
 French: Encore une fois le vieux Fontane (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

Appell (1954).
 French: Thomas Mann lance un message (Louise Servicen, 1954; also published as Message d’octobre 1954).

Über den Film (1955).
 English: On the Film (Helen Lowe-Porter, 1933).

Die schönsten Erzählungen der Welt (1955).
 French: Les plus belles histoires du monde (Jeanne Naujac, 1979).

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Briefe an Paul Amann 1915–1952 (1959).
 Edited by Herbert Wegener.
 English: Letters to Paul Amann 1915–1952 (Richard and Clara Winston, 1960).

Briefe 1889–1936 (1961).
 Published by Erika Mann.

Briefe 1937–1947 (1963).
 Published by Erika Mann.

Briefe 1948–1955 und Nachlese (1965).
 Published by Erika Mann.

 

CHRONOLOGY

 1893
Vision (short story).
Zweimaliger Abschied (poem).
Nacht (poem).
Dichters Tod (poem).

 1894
Gefallen (short story).

 1895
Siehst du, Kind, ich liebe dich (poem).

 1896
Der Wille zum Glück (short story).

 1897
Der Tod (short story).
Der kleine Herr Friedemann (short story).
Der Bajazzo (short story).

 1898
Tobias Mindernickel (short story).
Enttäuschung (short story).

 1899
An Agnes Sorma (poem).
Monolog (poem).
Der Kleiderschrank (short story).
Gerächt (short story).
Weihnacht (poem).

 1900
Luischen (short story).
Der Weg zum Friedhof (short story).

 1901
Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie (novel).

 1902
Gladius Dei (short story).

 1903
Die Hungernden (short story).
Tonio Kröger (novella).
Das Ewig-Weibliche (essay).
Tristan (novella).
Das Wunderkind (short story).

 1904
Ein Glück (short story).
Der französische Einfluß (essay).
Beim Propheten (short story).
Kinderspiele (autobiographical).

 1905
Schwere Stunde (short story).
Fiorenza (theatre).

 1906
Bilse und ich (essay).
Dichterische Arbeit und Alkohol (essay).

 1907
Mitteilung an die Literaturhistorische Gesellschaft in Bonn (on his work).
Im Spiegel (autobiographical).

 1908
Über »Fiorenza« (on his work).
Notiz über Heine (essay).
Versuch über das Theater (essay).
Anekdote (short story).
Beim Erscheinen der No. 5000 von Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (speech).
Wassermanns »Caspar Hauser« (essay).
Tolstoi zum 80. Geburtstag (essay).

 1909
Das Eisenbahnunglück (short story).
Süßer Schlaf! (autobiographical).
Königliche Hoheit (novel).

 1910
Über »Königliche Hoheit« (on his work).
Berichtigungen (essay).
Der alte Fontane (essay).
Peter Schlemihl (essay).

 1911
Bruchstück aus einem Roman (fragment from Felix Krull).
Wie Jappe und Do Escobar sich prügelten (short story).
Auseinandersetzung mit Wagner (essay).
Chamisso (essay).

 1912
Ein Werk des Naturalismus (essay).
Der Tod in Venedig (novella).
Glückwunsch an einen Buchhändler (congratulations).
Zu »Fiorenza« (on his work).

 1913
Der Literat (essay).
Gedächtnisrede auf Friedrich Huch (eulogy).
Vorwort zu einem Roman (preface).

 1914
Bruno Franks »Requiem« (essay).
Über eine Szene von Wedekind (essay).
Gute Feldpost (essay).
Gedanken im Kriege (essay).

 1915
Friedrich und die große Koalition (essay).
An die Redaktion des »Svenska Dagbladet«, Stockholm (essay).
Gedanken zum Kriege (essay).

 1916
Carlyles »Friedrich« (essay).

 1917
Gegen das Abiturientenexamen (essay).

 1918
Aufruf zur Gründung des Hans-Pfitzner-Vereins für deutsche Tonkunst (essay).
Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen (essay).
Zum Tode Eduard Keyserlings (essay).

 1919
Schulkrankheit (fragment from Felix Krull).
Für das neue Deutschland (essay).
Herr und Hund (novella).
Gesang vom Kindchen (poem).
Tischrede auf Pfitzner (speech).
Über Gottfried Keller (essay).
Anzeige eines Fontane-Buches (essay).

 1920
Klärungen: Offener Brief an Hermann Grafen Keyserling (open letter).
Glückwunsch an den »Simplicissimus« (congratulations).
Über einen Vortragskünstler (essay).
Über einen Spruch Fontanes (essay).
Erziehung zur Sprache (essay).
Die deutsche Stunde (essay).
Äußerung über Peter Altenberg (essay).
Editiones insulae (essay).

 1921
Russische Anthologie (essay).
Vorwort zu einer Bildermappe (on his work).
Über den »Gesang vom Kindchen« (on his work).
»Knaben und Mörder« (review).
Ein Gutachten (essay).
Goethe und Tolstoi (essay).

 

VOLUMES

Der kleine Herr Friedemann (6 stories, 1898).
Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie (novel, 1901, ed. 1909).
Tristan (6 stories, 1903, ed. 1919).
Fiorenza (theatre, 1906).
Bilse und ich (essay, 1906).
Der kleine Herr Friedemann (8 stories, 1909).
Königliche Hoheit (novel, 1909, ed. 1910).
Der Tod in Venedig (novella, Hyperionverlag, 1912).
Der Tod in Venedig (novella, S. Fischer, 1913, ed. 1919).
Tonio Kröger (novella, illustrated, 1914, ed. 1926).
Das Wunderkind (5 stories, 1914, ed. 1925).
Friedrich und die große Koalition (3 essays, 1915).
Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen (essay, 1918, ed. 1920).
Zwei Novellen (2 stories, 1919).
Herr und Hund (idyll, 1919).
Pfitzners »Palestrina« (1919).
Herr und Hund; Gesang vom Kindchen (2 idylls, 1919).
Gesang vom Kindchen (idyll, 1920).

 

REFERENCES

 Ignace Feuerlicht
Thomas Mann
New York, Twayne, 1968

 Louis Leibrich
Thomas Mann: Une recherche spirituelle
Paris, Aubier Montaigne, 1974

 Ritchie Robertson (editor)
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Mann
Cambridge University Press, 2001

 Herbert Lehnert and Eva Wessel (editors)
A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann
Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2004

 Hannelore Mundt
Understanding Thomas Mann
Columbia, University of South Carolina, 2004

 Websites:
Thomas Mann.
S. Fischer Verlage: Thomas Mann.
Thomas-Mann-Archiv der ETH Zürich.
Nachlassbibliothek Thomas Manns.

 

Created on 16 July 2021. Updated on 17 April 2023.