Three Essays by Thomas Mann Author:Thomas Mann 1929. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in genera... more »l. Contents: Goethe and Tolstoy; Frederick the Great and the Grand Coalition; and An Experience in the Occult. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less