Talk:A Man and His Dog (narrative)

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A fact from A Man and His Dog (narrative) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the dog in A Man and His Dog was modelled after Thomas Mann's real-life dog Bauschan?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 15:47, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the dog in A Man and His Dog was modelled after Thomas Mann's real dog Bauschan? Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/42967902 [Preview page is enough; but translated English name Bashan is used in source]
- ALT1: ... that Peter Handke called Thomas Mann a "terribly bad writer" for his narrative A Man and His Dog? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120626160850/https://www.zeit.de/1989/10/wer-einmal-versagt-im-schreiben-hat-fuer-immer-versagt [in German] [in German: "Wer dem nachfolgt, ist für mich schon verloren. Gerade vor ein paar Tagen habe ich wieder „Herr und Hund" von ihm gelesen. Da ist gleich der erste Satz so, daß man spürt, der das schreibt, ist sich dessen gewiß, eine Gemeinde zu haben, die auf seinen bestimmten Tonfall hört. Also er fängt nie wirklich an, sondern schreibt in dem Bewußtsein, daß er der Thomas Mann ist. Das ist doch verwerflich. Ein schrecklich schlechter Schriftsteller ist das."
- ALT2: ... that Thomas Mann's canine idyll A Man and His Dog was written in the twilight of World War I? Source: https://doi.org/10.1515%2F9783110449044-015 [p. 259 - unfree source and in German] "Was bringt den Autor Thomas Mann dazu, noch in den letzten Monaten des Ersten Weltkrieges eine Idylle zu schreiben?"
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Te lapa
- Comment: Unsure which of my proposed hooks is the best! Proposals very welcome!

Moved to mainspace by WatkynBassett (talk). Self-nominated at 14:13, 29 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@WatkynBassett: Good article.

Will have to approve in good faith due to foreign language sources. personally I find atl0 the best. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Narrative or novella

Thanks for the helpful copy-edit Ravenpuff! I just have one qualm: Do you have a source for the work being a novella? In A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann, which I deem to be quite authoritative, it is listed as a narrative. WatkynBassett (talk) 19:12, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]