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Lesley Stahl
Lesley Stahl

Lesley Stahl is an accomplished American journalist, renowned for her work on the '60 Minutes' program. Born on December 16, 1941, she became the first female anchor of the program in 1972. Stahl is praised for her in-depth investigative reporting and interviewing skills, with her career witnessing many significant events in American politics and society. more

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“We find in the novella a seamless interweaving of at least two narrative voices, one of which is that of an observer so sympathetic that his language appears to be Aschenbach's own, the other of which is superficially celebratory (except at the moment of moralistic condemnation) but undercuts Aschenbach by means of an ironic detachment.”

“Critics who perceive the first level of Mann's irony recognize that the second voice is giving us reasons to be dubious about various aspects of Aschenbach's life and work. But many of them don't appreciate the second level of irony, the one exemplified in setting this narrative voice alongside the more sympathetic one, and inviting us to choose.”