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2008

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Thomas Mann's Death in Venice or Plutarch's way towards Eros

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In Death in Venice Thomas Mann refers explicitly to Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus in order to explain the relationship between Gustav von Aschenbach and Tadzio but he hides that his novel also depends on Plutarch's Eroticus. Why? The aim of this article is precisely to reveal the different reasons for such an attitude. Indeed, Plutarch speaks highly of conjugal love in his Eroticus and this way is not followed by Mann in Death in Venice but, at the same, the German writer finds in this Plutarch's philosophical dialogue all the necessary elements to build his story of masculine love and decides not to manage without it.

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Podeu consultar la versió en català a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12127 ; i en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12128

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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig, Plutarc. Amatorius, Eros (Divinitat grega), Filosofia grega, Tradició clàssica, Literatura alemanya, Estudis lesbians i gais

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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig, Plutarch. Amatorius, Eros (Greek deity), Greek philosophy, Classical tradition, German literature, Gay and lesbian studies

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Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)

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GILABERT BARBERÀ, Pau. Thomas Mann's Death in Venice or Plutarch's way towards Eros. [consulted: 18 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12129

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