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In his essay Bilse und ich (1905) Thomas Mann, who would utilize the literary essay repeatedly to clarify fundamental aspects of his own poetry, makes his first attempt at working out in a systematic manner the supporting principles for his personal conception of writing. The opportunity presents itself with a trial regarding giving offence, in which The Buddenbrooks (1901) was compared by the public prosecutor to works by Fritz Oswald Bilse, a soldier, who, some time previously, had gained a certain notoriety for publishing a roman à clef in which unpleasant events taking place in the military unit where he was serving, had been revealed. Rejecting this comparison, Mann reflects on certain paradigms conventionally associated with the sphere of aesthetic creativity, discussing critically the nexus between invention and narrative effectiveness.

L'analisi comparativa dei due adattamenti del mito di Anfitrione nelle omonime commedie di Kleist (1807) e di Molière (1668), e riflessioni sul racconto storico "Schach von Wuthenow" (1882) di Theodor Fontane, mostrano come il contrasto politico franco-tedesco nell'Ottocento e nella prima metà del Novecento trova il suo pendant e la sua prefigurazione in ambito letterario confermando in tal modo ciò che Thomas Mann aveva stabilito a proposito in un discorso del 1945. Secondo i risultati dell'indagine è la gorificazione o l'idolatria del potere per il potere che distrugge i processi comunicativi (nell'immaginario dei testi letterari discussi come nella realtà storica).

In the essay Bilse und ich (1905) Thomas Mann, who would utilize the literary essay repeatedly to clarify fundamental aspects of his own poetry, makes his first attempt at working out in a systematic manner the supporting principles for his personal conception of writing. The opportunity presents itself with a trial regarding giving offence, in which The Buddenbrooks (1901) was compared by the public prosecutor to works by Fritz Oswald Bilse, a soldier, who, some time previously, had gained a certain notoriety for publishing a roman à clef in which unpleasant events taking place in the military unit where he was serving, had been revealed. Rejecting this comparison, Mann reflects on certain paradigms conventionally associated with the sphere of aesthetic creativity, discussing critically the nexus between invention and narrative effectiveness.