Correspondence 1925-1935

In December 1945 Thomas Mann wrote a famous letter to Adorno in which he formulated the principle of montage adopted in his novel Doctor Faustus. The writer expressly invited the philosopher to ''consider, with me, how such a work - and I mean Leverkuhn''s work - could more or less be practically realized''. Their close collaboration on questions concerning the character of the fictional composer'...