The italian voyage of doctor Faustus (notes on a chapter of Th. Mann's novel «Doctor Faustus»)

Abstract

Why does the modern Faust Adrian Leverkühn meet his devil in the small Italian town named Palestrina? The article answers this question, analysing biographical, literary and musical connotations of the toponym.

Keywords

• Томас Манн
• музыка и литература
• образ Италии в мировой литературе
• топонимы в художественном тексте