... government were censored or banned from showing in the country. Writings were also heavily scrutinized by the government. Why then is Hoefgen portrayed as Faust/Mephisto, and not any other characters? Moreover, why did Klaus Mann select artist as the vocation for him? Klaus Mann probably saw a very high correlation between the two. The plight of Hoefgen clearly resembled that of ... also elevate a society to a better level, like what the Renaissance artists had done. It was widely known that many artists had made great contributions during this period, for example Leonardo Da Vinci or M...

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