Adrian Leverkühn

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Adrian Leverkühn is the fictional German composer in Thomas Mann’s novel "Doctor Faustus," whose tragic pact for artistic genius serves as an allegory for the moral and cultural collapse of Germany.

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Adrian Leverkühn canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
fictional composer ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
allegoricalRole allegory of cultural collapse of Germany ⓘ
allegory of moral collapse of Germany ⓘ
appearsIn Doctor Faustus ⓘ
associatedWith German intellectual history ⓘ
modernism in music ⓘ
characterTrait artistic obsession ⓘ
emotional detachment ⓘ
intellectualism ⓘ
contractDuration 24 years (Faustian pact) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
creator Thomas Mann ⓘ
diesFrom brain fever (within the novel) ⓘ
education studied music composition ⓘ
studied theology ⓘ
familyBackground Lutheran middle-class family (fictional) ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Doctor Faustus (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Doctor Faustus
firstAppearance Doctor Faustus (1947 novel) ⓘ
linked to: Doctor Faustus
genre classical music ⓘ
hasFriend Serenus Zeitblom ⓘ
hasFullName Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
inspiredBy Arnold Schoenberg (stylistically, controversially) ⓘ
linked to: Arnold Schoenberg

Faust legend ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach (stylistically) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
literaryMovement German modernist literature (as character) ⓘ
makesPactWith the Devil ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
mentalState gradual mental breakdown ⓘ
narratedBy Serenus Zeitblom ⓘ
narrativeFunction central protagonist of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
vehicle for political and philosophical reflection ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
philosophicalContext influenced by Nietzschean ideas (within the narrative) ⓘ
relatedWork Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (intertextual reference) ⓘ
linked to: Faust
restrictionOfPact renunciation of human love ⓘ
setIn early 20th-century Germany ⓘ
suffersFrom syphilis ⓘ
symbolizes corruption of German culture under fascism ⓘ
the dangers of artistic absolutism ⓘ
the link between genius and destruction ⓘ
theme Faustian bargain ⓘ
usesTechnique twelve-tone composition (within the fiction) ⓘ
workInFiction Apocalypsis cum figuris (fictional composition) ⓘ
The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus (fictional composition) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doctor Faustus → mainCharacter → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Doctor Faustus → hasCharacter → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Adrian Leverkühn → hasFullName → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Serenus Zeitblom → hasFriend → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Serenus Zeitblom → isBiographerOf → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Serenus Zeitblom → narratesLifeOf → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
Serenus Zeitblom → contrastedWith → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus → createdBy → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ
The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus → hasFictionalComposer → Adrian Leverkühn ⓘ