Episode 80: Thomas Mann and Abraham Lincoln in Wartime

About this episode

Phil discusses wartime reflections by Thomas Mann and Abraham Lincoln with literary critic Morten Hoi Jensen.

Phil is joined by Morten Hoi Jensen, literary critic and author of the forthcoming "The Master of Contradictions Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain," to discuss Thomas Mann's 1914 "Thoughts in Wartime" and Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address The Manifesto: Thomas Mann, "Thoughts in Wartime" https://www.nyrb.com/products/reflections-of-a-nonpolitical-man The Art: Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address https://www.nps.gov/linc/learn/historyculture/lincoln-second-inaugural.htm To pre-order Morten's book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233742/the-master-of-contradictions/

People in this episode

Host: Phil

Guest: Morten Hoi Jensen

Topics covered

• Thomas Mann
• Abraham Lincoln
• wartime reflections
• literary criticism
• political discourse

Keywords

• Thomas Mann
• Abraham Lincoln
• wartime
• literary criticism
• politics
• The Magic Mountain
• Second Inaugural Address

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Review Books, National Park Service, Yale University Press

Books & works: Thoughts in Wartime, Second Inaugural Address, The Master of Contradictions Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain

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