![]() ![]() A comparison of the two novels reveals not only a host of thematic parallels, but, more importantly, biographical details that show how closely Thomas modelled Leverkühn's life on that of his son. ![]() In Klaus's Mephisto no less than in Thomas's Doctor Faustus, the central figure is an artist who places his career above all else and ignores his social responsibilities. Despite their many differences (Thomas regularly acknowledged an obligation to uphold traditional values, Klaus snubbed bourgeois mores by turning to drugs and prostitution), they produced remarkably similar political novels in which the predicament of twentieth-century Germany is reviewed in the light of Faust's pact. An uneasy literary relationship existed between Thomas Mann and his son Klaus. ![]()
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