Philip Kitcher: "Wilhelmine Jerman memusuhi ekspresi cinta sesama jeni...

"Wilhelmine Jerman memusuhi ekspresi cinta sesama jenis - dan, tentu saja, Mann pasti tahu nasib Oscar Wilde. Bacaan awal tentang puisi Platen, dan, mungkin ketika ia berusia awal dua puluhan, tentang buku harian Platen, memperkenalkannya pada bentuk ekspresi seksual yang menurutnya sangat menyenangkan. Itu tidak cukup Platonis."

--- Philip Kitcher

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Wilhelmine Germany was hostile to the expression of same-sex love - and, of course, Mann would have known of the fate of Oscar Wilde. His early reading of Platen's poetry, and, probably when he was in his early twenties, of Platen's diaries, introduced him to a form of sexual expression he found profoundly congenial. It's not quite Platonic.