Talk:Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann novel)

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This article is in serious need of a major rewrite--24.111.60.193 03:38, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

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I've never read Mann. Perhaps someone who has can rewrite this?--24.111.60.193 03:27, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

I can always translate and merge the German W article. Let's see when I get around to it. Arbor 06:10, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

OK, done it. As always, when I translate from the German, my English becomes awkward, so a native anglophone should look it over. I would also like to add a plot summary and and overview of the characters. (It's been a while since I read it, but the 'net has plenty of information to help me along.) The thematic section would benefit from expansion as well. On the other hand, I am less than thrilled with the current Political implications section. The style is not very encyclopedic, and the contents are not neutral. I would like to just scrap that whole section. (That is not to say that the political implications are unimportant. They certainly deserve a paragraph under Themes.) Arbor 07:55, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

I originally authored the ""Political Implications"" section, but looking at it now, I agree with Arbor's critique. I'm going ahead and removing it. I do think the question of the moral health of nations is essential to the novel, so I'll keep at least a reference to that in the ""Themes"" section. Joesilber 28 June 2005

Joe, thanks for looking into this again. I agree with your assessment of the book and its themes, and I hope you down take my comments so far as to eliminate what might become a valuable thematic section for this book. (Which is why I never got around to actually removing the section.) I think a healthy dose of rewriting and attributing is all that is needed. I would be happy if you gave it a shot; WP's laudable insistence on WP:NPOV and WP:NOR shouldn't imply that our literature articles become mere plot summaries, uninformative, or downright boring. Arbor 29 June 2005 08:47 (UTC)

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