![]() ![]() Leverkühn moves to rural Bavaria and starts composing great work. However, Zeitblom later learns that Leverkühn had a visit from the devil while in Italy and made a deal to exchange twenty four years of creative energy for his soul. However, not unlike Gustav von Aschenbach, he works too hard and this leads to a collapse. Only after he gets syphilis from a prostitute is his creative energy sparked and he starts to compose great work using the twelve tone scale. ![]() Leverkühn becomes a composer of formal music but is persuaded to write an opera. Leverkühn returns to music while Zeitblom has to do military service and the two friends lose touch for a while. At first he seemed to have a talent for music but then he turns to theology where his teachers talk about the devil. Both – but Leverkühn in particular – were intellectually curious and it was always intended that Leverkühn be a scholar. ![]() ![]() Zeitblom and Leverkühn have been friends since childhood. Zeitblom has given up his post because of the Nazis and is now writing this biography. The story is narrated by Serenus Zeitblom but it is about his friend, Adrian Leverkühn, the Faustus figure. Home » Germany » Thomas Mann » Doktor Faustus (Doctor Faustus) Thomas Mann: Doktor Faustus (Doctor Faustus) ![]()
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