1948 Alfred A. Knopf published Lowe-Porter's English translation. The translator in her note remarked 'Grievous difficulties do indeed confront anyone essaying the role of copyist to this vast canvas, this cathedral of a book, this woven tapestry of symbolism.' She described her translation as 'a version which cannot lay claim to being beautiful, though in every intent it is deeply faithful.' She employed medieval English vocabulary and phrasing to correspond with those sections of the text in which characters speak in Early New High German. John E. Woods' translation (Knopf, 1997; Vintage, 1999) is in a more modern vein, and does not attempt to mirror the original in this way. See also Best German Novels of the 20th century References Sources Beddow, Michael. Thomas Mann: Doctor Faustus (Cambridge University Press 1994). Bergsten, Gunilla. Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus: The Sources and Structure of the Novel translated by Krishna Winston (University of Chicago Press 1969). Carnegy, Patrick. Faust as Musician: A Study of Thomas Mann's Novel Doctor Faustus (New Directions 1973). Giordano, Diego. Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus and the twelve-tone technique. From the Myth to the Alienation, in Calixtilia (n.3), Lampi di Stampa, 2010. . Mann, Thomas. Doktor Faustus. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkühn erzählt von einem Freunde (S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1947). Mann, Thomas; translation by Lowe-Porter, H.T. (Helen Tracy). Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by a Friend. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. . Mann, Thomas; translation by Winston, Richard and Clara. The Story of a Novel: The Genesis of Doctor Faustus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961); also published as The Genesis of a Novel (London: Secker & Warburg, 1961). Mann, Thomas; translation by Woods, John E. (John Edwin). Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by a Friend. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. . Reed, T. J. (Terence James). Thomas Mann: The Uses of Tradition. Oxford University Press, 1974. (cased). (paperback). External links 1947 German novels Novels by Thomas Mann Works based on the Faust legend Books about Germany Künstlerroman Modernist novels Novels about composers Novels about music German novels adapted into films German novels adapted into television shows German philosophical novels