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Part of the book: Being and Meaning in Thomas Mann’s Joseph Novels

Charlotte Nolte

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 44

Bithell Series of Dissertations 22

W. S. Maney & Son Ltd for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic Studies

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Abstract.  Introduction: The Puberty of Ego-Consciousness; Identity, Individuality, and Persona; Ich und die Mutter sind eins; The Destruction and Burial of the Harvest-God; The Active Fight of the Hero. The Father - The Son of the Father; The Symbolism of the New Year and the Djed-Column; Osarsiph and Adôn: the Living ' God' Replaces the Dying 'God'. 'Ich Bin's': Mythical Formula and Self-Recognition.

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