Royal Highness (novel)
Royal Highness (German: Königliche Hoheit) is a 1909 novel by Thomas Mann. It is Mann's second novel and was written between the summer of 1906 and February 1909. Royal Highness is characterized by its fairytale-like qualities and was modeled after Mann's own romance and marriage to Katia Mann in February 1905. First published in 1909 in Die neue Rundschau, the novel was met with great enthusiasm from the public. However, it was met with a more divided reception from critics.
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Thomas Mann |
|---|---|
| Original title | Königliche Hoheit |
| Translator | A. Cecil Curtis |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin |
Publication date | 1909 |
Published in English | 1916 (Knopf) |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 475 |
| Text | Royal Highness at Wikisource |
Film adaptation
In 1953, the novel was adapted into film by Hans Abich and Rolf Thiele under the same title, Königliche Hoheit. Directed by Harald Braun, it was produced in the studios of Filmaufbau GmbH Göttingen in Agfacolor. The main characters were portrayed by Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Lil Dagover. Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika Mann, played a small role in the film.
References
- Detering, Heinrich (2005). Juden, Frauen und Litteraten. Zu einer Denkfigur beim jungen Thomas Mann (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-10-014203-0.
- Heller, Erich (1975). "Die verlegene Muse". Thomas Mann. Der ironische Deutsche (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. pp. 61–125. ISBN 978-3-518-36743-8.
- Karasek, Hellmuth (1991). "Königliche Hoheit". Thomas Mann Jahrbuch (in German). Vol. 4. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann. pp. 29–44. ISBN 978-3-465-02289-3.
- Manthey, Jürgen (June 1996). "Prinz im Reich der Schneekönigin. Thomas Manns »Königliche Hoheit«". Merkur (in German). Vol. 6, no. 50 #567. pp. 480–490. ISBN 978-3-12-973932-7.
- Petersen, Jürgen H. (1973). "Die Märchenmotive und ihre Behandlung in Thomas Manns Roman Königliche Hoheit". Sprachkunst (in German). Vol. 4. pp. 216–230.
- Rickes, Joachim (1998). Der sonderbare Rosenstock. Eine werkzentrierte Untersuchung zu Thomas Manns Roman Königliche Hoheit (in German). Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Bern/New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-33486-7.
- Trapp, Frithjof (1985). "Artistische Verklärung der Wirklichkeit. Thomas Manns Roman "Königliche Hoheit" vor dem Hintergrund der zeitgenössischen Presserezeption.". In Kurzke, Hermann (ed.). Stationen der Thomas-Mann-Forschung. Aufsätze seit 1970 (in German). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. pp. 25–40.
- Wysling, Hans (1967). "Die Fragmente zu Thomas Manns Fürsten-Novelle. Zur Urhandschrift der Königlichen Hoheit.". Quellenkritische Studien zum Werk Thomas Manns (in German). Bern and Munich: Francke Verlag. pp. 64–105.
- Wysling, Hans (1996). "Königliche Hoheit". Ausgewählte Aufsätze 1963–1995 (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Vittorio Klostermann. pp. 219–230. ISBN 978-3-465-02859-8.