In 1896, Thomas Mann wrote a short story called ‘Disillusionment’. It tells of a young man brought up in a clergyman’s family in which the ‘pulpit rhetoric’ makes him expect great things of life. However, he is constantly disappointed by what he encounters. “I went out into that supposedly so wonderful life, craving just one, one single experience which should correspond to my great expectations. God help me, I have never had it.”In 1896, Thomas Mann wrote a short story called ‘Disillusionment’. It tells of a young man brought up in a clergyman’s family in which the ‘pulpit rhetoric’ makes him expect great things of life. However, he is constantly disappointed by what he encounters. “I went out into that supposedly so wonderful life, craving just one, one single experience which should correspond to my great expectations. God help me, I have never had it.”Disillusionment with life was a popular theme
among writers of the late 19th century but often it was more of a po...
>> More
>> More